Trip to Netherlands - First Impressions

Hi everyone. This time I’m writing from Netherlands. :) I’ve gone Netherlands for 12 days to take a vacation. Although distressed visa period and a plane travel that hold over and tired, I think it was worth it.

By the way a little hint to who want to visit Netherlands, do not forget your hotel reservation and return ticket. Because polices who control you and your passport ask when you will go back your country and where is your return tickets although you’ve already given those documents to Embassy of Netherlands. So you should take a copy of your hotel reservation with you during your trip.

Rotterdam's Landmark

The first day that I arrived, my father’s best childhood-friend welcomed me warmly in Netherlands. Then we’ve gone to his hotel “Hotel Port”. I’m staying in Hotel Port which is located in Delfshaven, Pieter De Hoochweg. Hotel Port is at a central location in Rotterdam. You can walk everywhere. Hotel’s location is maximum 3 kilometers to main arteries. Also there is a subway station near the Hotel Port.

You can find what you want in Rotterdam. Such as night life, drugs, alcohol everything is free (legal) at the streets. But if you want a hint, I prefer to discovering new foods especially snacks. In Netherlands, you can eat very interesting thing such as “Pataat”. It means fried potato in Dutch. But there is a little difference. These potatoes are bigger than traditional potatoes. Also Dutch people have very different sauces, cheeses and crockets. Especially I like most the “frikandel”. It means   sausage that made from chicken in Dutch. Moreover if you say to seller you’re Muslim, they use halal food for you. They are so respectful people. You can find all of these in ordinary snack bars.

By the way, I strongly advise to you pataat with Heineken beer. As you know, Heineken is the best beer in the world and has little production area in Europe. I mentioned that the when you find Heineken, evaluate this chance. And I want to add something about daily-life in Netherlands. They’ve a great system in traffic. Drivers are so respectful to pedestrians and bikers. Pedestrians have great rights in traffic. In all countries this rule is included in traffic rules but not obeying. However in Netherlands, you can see this rule clearly. And Dutch people can speak a lot of languages such as Spanish, French, German, and English …. :)

I’ve been seriously affected from Rotterdam’s regular city layout. You can find where you are looking for with a native people’s simple description. So for now. I’ll write my Amsterdam trip in my next article.