Giethoorn

What you can do in Giethoorn you can go on a trip around the village Giethoorn also called the Venice of the Dutch. The guides wil tell you everything you need to now. And it could be done in many languages, English, German, French or Spanish you get to see an incredible view of the houses that are up to 750 years old.

Things you can do are : have a walk around the beautiful nature of Giethoorn. You can cycle through the village and surrounding area. But the most beautiful is to take boat trip trough it.

Giethoorn is also known as the Venice of the Netherlands and is known for its tourism. It's filled with little farms and beautiful gardens. The boat tours are very popular in Giethoorn. Because of all the little canals were dug there almost any place in Giethoorn can be reached by boat. Most of the trips are made in "Punters", which were used as transport for goods and other in old times. All the canals are there because of peat cutting which caused big lakes and canals to appear in and around the place.

But the boat tours aren't the only tourism activities in Giethoorn but there also are lots of musea and other things. De Oude Aarde (Meaning The Old Earth) is a Gem and Mineral museum. This museum was opened in 1969 by the adventurer René Boissevain. He collected many minerals for an unique collection for the museum, they got million year old crystals, the biggest egg in the world and a huge amethyst geode. De Witte Hoeve is a place where people used to make candles and now do workshops and make lots of special candles. There also is an Art-Shop called Duine Rhee which trades in Abstract art to Jewelry and statues.