![]() Venice of the NorthĪll these roof thatched houses in the Venice of the North are often surrounded by deep green well-kept lawns with beautiful flowering hydrangeas. ![]() For this reason, the village of Giethoorn is the our favorite of all the picturesque Dutch villages. As everyone knows, it is vitally important to impress all your social media friends your holiday photos. Therefore, it is sometimes necessary to wait for your turn to get that perfect picture of that roof thatched house. This cycling/foot path known as the 'Binnenpad' is like walking on to a film set. You can rent whisper boats, board a guided cruise or visit a museum here, along with lots of choices of restaurants and cafes. This car-free area is the commercial heart of our village. Visitors and residents of Giethoorn village need to park their car outside the village at special car parks. So of course, no roads means also no cars. ![]() Giethoorn village has no roads in the center. Tourist shops and restaurants (which are well represented) are interspersed with typical Dutch houses with thatched roofs. A walking/cycling path named: 'Binnenpad' runs right trough this area. In fact, on all these islands, there are houses (farmhouses) which are built in the 18th and 19th centuries. This part of our village contains hand-dug canals and all small islands which are inter connected by 176 bridges to the mainland. The part of our village that most (foreign) tourists will see when they visit us is called: '' Giethoorn village''.
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