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Holanda Meridional
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Destinations
2 destinations in Holanda Meridional
Cities
3 cities in Holanda Meridional in the guide
Holanda Meridional
Capital
Haia
Haia is the seat of the Dutch government and the king's working palace, although the official capital is Amsterdã. It has the Mauritshuis, home to the Moça com Brinco de Pérola, the Palácio da Paz with the Corte Internacional de Justiça, the Hofvijver lake in front of the Binnenhof, museums of Mondrian and Escher, the Panorama Mesdag, Madurodam and the Scheveningen beach.
Holanda Meridional
Delft
Delft is a small canal city between Haia and Roterdã, where Johannes Vermeer was born and where Guilherme de Orange was assassinated in 1584. On the Markt are the Nieuwe Kerk, with his tomb and the royal crypt, and the Stadhuis. There's also the Oude Kerk, with its leaning tower, the Vermeer Centrum, the Oude Delft canal and the Royal Delft, the factory of the blue-and-white pottery.
Holanda Meridional
Roterdã
Second largest city of the Holanda and home to the largest port in Europe, Roterdã had its center destroyed in the bombing of 14 May 1940 and rebuilt it with modern architecture: the Markthal, the cube houses and the Erasmusbrug. Arriving by train, you get off at Rotterdam Centraal. The Laurenskerk, the Witte Huis and Delfshaven recall the old city. The Depot Boijmans, the Kunsthal and the Fenix are the museums, and Kinderdijk is half an hour away by boat.
Routes
Routes through Holanda Meridional
5 cities
Eurostar Paris–Amsterdã
By train through the centres of Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdã: three countries in a little over three hours, from central station to central station.
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Benelux by train: Amsterdã–Bruxelas–Luxemburgo
The three Benelux countries by train: from Amsterdã to Bruxelas in about two hours, and from Bruxelas to Luxemburgo through the Ardennes, with Roterdã, Antuérpia and Namur along the way.