WOW. Thanks! came across your channel and saw this vid. What are the odds of finding a vid like this, at this time? Me and my wife had our wedding pictures taken at Castle Duivenvoorde, 16 years ago, and it is nearly our anniversary! Thank you for bringing back those memories. It is a great location to visit (and a fantastic place to have your wedding pics taken). We've since moved to Canada (for its nature compared to Holland, where all is man made) and will be visiting The Netherlands soon. Your vid might have given us a reason to visit Duivenvoorde again and show it to our kids (who are both born in Rijswijk, near Voorschoten). And thanks for the awareness! Great cause and very much needed for more awareness!
Congratulations on your anniversary! Castle Duivenvoorde must have been such a spectacular place to have your wedding photos taken. Thank you so much for your kind words, we're so happy we could bring back such lovely memories for you. We appreciate you watching.
Having had two family members (including my father) and a friend end their own lives, I can really appreciate the last message. And I will donate to that interesting project, after reading more about it.
If you like castles I recommend a visit to Huis Bergh in ‘s-Heerenberg, though it’s not around the corner from Leiden. It’s one of the largest castles in the Netherlands and it’s stunningly beautiful. It’s in “de Achterhoek” a largely rural area in the east of the country with a lot of castles and old farmhouses and somehow not yet discovered by foreign tourists.
Thank you so much, Linda, that's so kind of you to say. I believe they have a Christmas tree farm in December, sounds like that would be a magical time to be there!
The Panbos (Katwijk) is also very near to Leiden, it is a forest, very close to the sea, so the forest changes into dunes. It also has a beautiful little tearoom and you can see (traces) of the Atlantikwall (world war 2) and sometimes you can walk on top of the wall. You can go by bike or bus (but you have to change buses i think)
That sounds lovely! We have yet to make it to Katwijk, but the idea of seeing the Atlantikwall is very cool. Thank you for the suggestion, and for watching!
What a nice one Duivenvoorde. Spread all over the Netherlands you will find about 700 castles ☺️, many of which date back to the Middle Ages . The most beautiful ones ? Kasteel Doorwerth, Kasteel Ammersoyen, Ammerzoden, kasteel Hoensbroek, Kasteel De Haar, Haarzuilens, Kasteel Huis Bergh, 's-Heerenbergh ,Kasteel Westhove, Oostkapelle. Many you can visit , but besides these above been mentioned , there are also very beautiful ones which you cannot visit the castle itself, but you can visit the gardens.
Yesterday Hoensbroek Castle has been voted the most beautiful castle in the Netherlands by the ANWB. The Limburg castle was chosen by a jury from a top five of castles. The other castles in the top five were: De Haar Castle (Utrecht), Westhove Castle (Zeeland), Doorwerth Castle (Gelderland) and Huis Bergh Castle (Gelderland). Authentic The Limburg castle scores particularly high in the area of 'authenticity'. "The castle was never destroyed by fire or acts of war, so almost everything is authentic. As a result, the outside of the castle reads like a building history book," the jury said. "You can visit all floors of the keep with three meters thick walls." The jury also praised the way in which the history of Hoensbroek Castle is kept alive for visitors of all ages.
Good pronunciatian of my last name, Duivenvoorden. Very difficult when I'm abroad. Hope to see you in real life one day, who knows in Tilburg at the Redheaddays or in Noordwijk at the beach.
We're so glad we got the pronunciation right- we tried really hard to make sure we were correct. Yes, I hope we may be able to meet in person one day, we are so excited for Redhead Days! Thank you so much for watching, we appreciate you!
We recently found out that up until late 2019, the South Wing of the castle was occupied by a direct descendant of the Schimmelpenninck van der Oye family. Definitely a must-see for sure. Thank you so much for watching!
Castles are nice to visit, I would surely recommend Muiderslot, which is in Muiden near Amsterdam for a visit. But there are also a few castle ruïnes which have a story to tell. Go and visit Valkenburg for a totally different landscape, with manmade caves and a castle ruïne you can visit with still traces of secret passageways into the caves.
@@TAndTGoDutch Be sure to put Slot Loevestein on your list. Still a medieval Castle situated where Zuid Holland, Gelderland and Noord Brabant meet, where the Waal and Maas flew together. With a rich history! Check it's calendar because there are activities that might make a visit more, or less, interesting. Close by, there is Woudrichem, a star fort town, worthy of a visit as well, and a river ferry between town and castle. Touristic, but not crowded like the Muiderslot, so enough to do and see.
Sadly not every castle will be open for the public but still, you have a few to go ;) Two castles I have visited and liked are Kasteel Amerongen in Amerongen at the Utrecht hill ridge, and Kasteel Arcen (with it's gardens) in Arcen near Venlo.
@@TAndTGoDutch Castle Amerongen is absolutely a recommendation. And if you are there anyway, take your time to explore the next village Rhenen and the nature in the surrounding area. Go bird watching in 'De Blaauwe Kamer' for example.
There are manny hiden jewls in the netherlands , some will you suprise you more than others . As the summer approaches it quite fun to vissit enkhuizen it has a museum how life was at the old zuiderzee. with many 17th century buildings one open air and one inside museum. Its quite educational and a fun day out . PS I rewatched some older videos of october november, and struck me that you look how do i say it polite , a litle more trim and fit in this video compared to the ones in october .
Enkhuizen has been mentioned to us a few times before as well! And thank you, we've definitely been more active with the nicer weather, which certainly helps. Thank you so much for watching!
If you like to visit all the castles in the Netherlands then you surely have to take a museum card. For 64,90 a year you can visit most castles ( and museums) for free. You can also go for free with that card to the open air museum in Arnhem. I think everybody have to be there once.
Weird.. I commented just a hour ago and my comment disappeared! What's happening, U-toob?! Anyhoo, there's a wonderful 18th century house/castle you can actually stay in, which used to be the guesthouse of a nearby monastery, called Kasteel Slangenburg, near Doetinchem. It's lovely, has a great atmosphere (it still follows a bit of a 'Benedictine Rule', so no telly or radio in the rooms, but lots of wonderful eclectic guests to talk to, kind hosts, delicious food (all inclusive), woods and countryside to ramble or cycle in and peace and quiet to relax in. They've got a website. Won't give you a link, though, because U-toob is weird with links. Hope this comment won't disappear into the memoryhole...
So many castles and 'lustoorden' have been demolished in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Netherlands was quite poor then and it was worthwhile to recycle these castles and lavish houses for their bricks, etc. This is also the reason why there aren't any ruins. Everything got reused.
TRUE ! In Tilburg existed a large 14th century castel which was demolished in order to build a large factory in 1860. Can you imagine ? There are a lot castles left in The Netherlands though and a few really huge ruïnes like the one in Ravesteijn I believe..
There are a couple must-see castles with a lot of historic value like Muiderslot ,kasteel Doornenburg, kasteel Horn and slot Loevestein. Kasteel Hoensbroek may seem nice but like many other castles it is is ruined by 18th century building enlargement and renovation. Nice ruines are slot Teilingen, Kasteelburcht Valkenburg and Brederode. Other typical Dutch castles are Ammersoyen and kasteel Helmond. Kasteel de Haar is a fake fairy castle built on ruines of a real castle. I'm sure you 'll find your goals:).
@@TAndTGoDutch The bronze and brass chandeliers were not polished... wouldn't have happened 150 years ago. Dutch/Flemish chandeliers have a big shiny sphere at the base that would reflect and sparkle the light of the candles.
I personally like my castles tough and high too, but sometimes it's only necessary to have a strong point that can can hold out for a few days and keep your treasures and vulnerable people safe while you're waiting for reinforcements. These are the Netherlands so you wouldn't be holed up in a valley or on a mountain where no-one would notice. A good signal fire can be seen from 20-30 kilometers off and you can be attacked from the rear while you're still trying to break down the door. That said, most of these "castles" had some sort of wall, palisade or water obstacle but lost them on orders from various conquerors or due to just being a damn nuisance when times got more eh... civilized (if you can call these times civilized anyway). T&T, lovely video, it's great seeing you have a good time here.
WOW. Thanks! came across your channel and saw this vid. What are the odds of finding a vid like this, at this time?
Me and my wife had our wedding pictures taken at Castle Duivenvoorde, 16 years ago, and it is nearly our anniversary! Thank you for bringing back those memories. It is a great location to visit (and a fantastic place to have your wedding pics taken).
We've since moved to Canada (for its nature compared to Holland, where all is man made) and will be visiting The Netherlands soon. Your vid might have given us a reason to visit Duivenvoorde again and show it to our kids (who are both born in Rijswijk, near Voorschoten).
And thanks for the awareness! Great cause and very much needed for more awareness!
Congratulations on your anniversary! Castle Duivenvoorde must have been such a spectacular place to have your wedding photos taken. Thank you so much for your kind words, we're so happy we could bring back such lovely memories for you. We appreciate you watching.
Having had two family members (including my father) and a friend end their own lives, I can really appreciate the last message. And I will donate to that interesting project, after reading more about it.
So sorry for your losses. Thank you so much for listening to this important cause, and for considering donating. We really appreciate you watching!
I hope you have had a wonderfull time. A tip for next time: de city of Delft. Lots of history there! Groetjes, David
Cool video! The sound on this video is also crisp and clear! Very good! Next week there will be castles too :-)
Yay! So glad the sound is much better!
Love to visit castles when i'm on vacation. Nice to check this one out.
It’s certainly a must-see! Do you have a favorite castle you’ve visited? Thank you so much for watching.
What a beautiful castle! My grandparents lived in Voorschoten so it's pretty amazing that I didn't know this castle even existed!
Oh wow, from the road it's not even really visible. Such a gorgeous place. Thank you so much for watching!
The audio is perfect in this video, I don’t know if you did something different or not. Less wind? Enjoyed so much! Enjoy Antwerpen!
Yay- we finally upgraded our microphone and it seems to have made a difference. Thank you so much for your kind words Ellen, we appreciate you!
If you like castles I recommend a visit to Huis Bergh in ‘s-Heerenberg, though it’s not around the corner from Leiden. It’s one of the largest castles in the Netherlands and it’s stunningly beautiful. It’s in “de Achterhoek” a largely rural area in the east of the country with a lot of castles and old farmhouses and somehow not yet discovered by foreign tourists.
Beautiful !!
Thank you so much for watching!
Hi good people, don't forget the like 😉!!
Nice vlog guys , i appriceate you!🥰
Thank you so much for watching!
I do want to go see it when I’m here in Nov/ Dec. I have fallen in love with you. Oth! Love from Seattle
Thank you so much, Linda, that's so kind of you to say. I believe they have a Christmas tree farm in December, sounds like that would be a magical time to be there!
The Panbos (Katwijk) is also very near to Leiden, it is a forest, very close to the sea, so the forest changes into dunes. It also has a beautiful little tearoom and you can see (traces) of the Atlantikwall (world war 2) and sometimes you can walk on top of the wall. You can go by bike or bus (but you have to change buses i think)
That sounds lovely! We have yet to make it to Katwijk, but the idea of seeing the Atlantikwall is very cool. Thank you for the suggestion, and for watching!
What a nice one Duivenvoorde. Spread all over the Netherlands you will find about 700 castles ☺️, many of which date back to the Middle Ages . The most beautiful ones ? Kasteel Doorwerth, Kasteel Ammersoyen, Ammerzoden, kasteel Hoensbroek, Kasteel De Haar, Haarzuilens, Kasteel Huis Bergh, 's-Heerenbergh ,Kasteel Westhove, Oostkapelle. Many you can visit , but besides these above been mentioned , there are also very beautiful ones which you cannot visit the castle itself, but you can visit the gardens.
Yesterday Hoensbroek Castle has been voted the most beautiful castle in the Netherlands by the ANWB. The Limburg castle was chosen by a jury from a top five of castles.
The other castles in the top five were: De Haar Castle (Utrecht), Westhove Castle (Zeeland), Doorwerth Castle (Gelderland) and Huis Bergh Castle (Gelderland).
Authentic
The Limburg castle scores particularly high in the area of 'authenticity'. "The castle was never destroyed by fire or acts of war, so almost everything is authentic. As a result, the outside of the castle reads like a building history book," the jury said. "You can visit all floors of the keep with three meters thick walls."
The jury also praised the way in which the history of Hoensbroek Castle is kept alive for visitors of all ages.
Good pronunciatian of my last name, Duivenvoorden. Very difficult when I'm abroad. Hope to see you in real life one day, who knows in Tilburg at the Redheaddays or in Noordwijk at the beach.
We're so glad we got the pronunciation right- we tried really hard to make sure we were correct. Yes, I hope we may be able to meet in person one day, we are so excited for Redhead Days! Thank you so much for watching, we appreciate you!
So there has always lived someone until 1960? It looks so well preserved, need to keep it in mind when visiting the Netherlands again
We recently found out that up until late 2019, the South Wing of the castle was occupied by a direct descendant of the Schimmelpenninck van der Oye family. Definitely a must-see for sure. Thank you so much for watching!
Castles are nice to visit, I would surely recommend Muiderslot, which is in Muiden near Amsterdam for a visit.
But there are also a few castle ruïnes which have a story to tell. Go and visit Valkenburg for a totally different landscape, with manmade caves and a castle ruïne you can visit with still traces of secret passageways into the caves.
Muiderslot is for sure on our list, but castle ruins are also of interest to us. Thank you for taking the time to suggest those, and for watching!
@@TAndTGoDutch Be sure to put Slot Loevestein on your list. Still a medieval Castle situated where Zuid Holland, Gelderland and Noord Brabant meet, where the Waal and Maas flew together. With a rich history!
Check it's calendar because there are activities that might make a visit more, or less, interesting.
Close by, there is Woudrichem, a star fort town, worthy of a visit as well, and a river ferry between town and castle.
Touristic, but not crowded like the Muiderslot, so enough to do and see.
Sadly not every castle will be open for the public but still, you have a few to go ;)
Two castles I have visited and liked are Kasteel Amerongen in Amerongen at the Utrecht hill ridge, and Kasteel Arcen (with it's gardens) in Arcen near Venlo.
Thank you so much for the suggestions, I’d definitely say we are castle novices in The Netherlands. We appreciate you watching!
@@TAndTGoDutch Castle Amerongen is absolutely a recommendation. And if you are there anyway, take your time to explore the next village Rhenen and the nature in the surrounding area. Go bird watching in 'De Blaauwe Kamer' for example.
There are manny hiden jewls in the netherlands , some will you suprise you more than others . As the summer approaches it quite fun to vissit enkhuizen it has a museum how life was at the old zuiderzee. with many 17th century buildings one open air and one inside museum. Its quite educational and a fun day out .
PS
I rewatched some older videos of october november, and struck me that you look how do i say it polite , a litle more trim and fit in this video compared to the ones in october .
Enkhuizen has been mentioned to us a few times before as well! And thank you, we've definitely been more active with the nicer weather, which certainly helps. Thank you so much for watching!
If you like to visit all the castles in the Netherlands then you surely have to take a museum card. For 64,90 a year you can visit most castles ( and museums) for free. You can also go for free with that card to the open air museum in Arnhem. I think everybody have to be there once.
Oh absolutely! We love our museumkaart. We’ll have to check out the open air museum in Arnhem. Thanks so much for watching!
Weird.. I commented just a hour ago and my comment disappeared! What's happening, U-toob?! Anyhoo, there's a wonderful 18th century house/castle you can actually stay in, which used to be the guesthouse of a nearby monastery, called Kasteel Slangenburg, near Doetinchem. It's lovely, has a great atmosphere (it still follows a bit of a 'Benedictine Rule', so no telly or radio in the rooms, but lots of wonderful eclectic guests to talk to, kind hosts, delicious food (all inclusive), woods and countryside to ramble or cycle in and peace and quiet to relax in. They've got a website. Won't give you a link, though, because U-toob is weird with links. Hope this comment won't disappear into the memoryhole...
That’s so strange! We’ll, thank you for commenting twice lol. That sounds incredible, we will certainly check that out. We appreciate you watching!
So many castles and 'lustoorden' have been demolished in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Netherlands was quite poor then and it was worthwhile to recycle these castles
and lavish houses for their bricks, etc. This is also the reason why there aren't any ruins. Everything got reused.
Oh wow, that's so interesting. We appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Thank you so much for watching!
TRUE ! In Tilburg existed
a large 14th century castel which was demolished in order to build a large factory in 1860. Can you imagine ?
There are a lot castles left in The Netherlands though and a few really huge ruïnes like the one in Ravesteijn I believe..
Also try kasteel Poelgeest it's in Oegstgeest not far from Leiden Central Station
Ooh super close! We’ll have to check it out soon. Thanks for watching!
Here in netherlands everything very buteaful, but the best things are the kaasbroodjes from the supermaket.
Lol, kaasbroodjes are also a very beautiful thing!
Hahaha
There are a couple must-see castles with a lot of historic value like Muiderslot ,kasteel Doornenburg, kasteel Horn and slot Loevestein. Kasteel Hoensbroek may seem nice but like many other castles it is is ruined by 18th century building enlargement and renovation. Nice ruines are slot Teilingen, Kasteelburcht Valkenburg and Brederode. Other typical Dutch castles are Ammersoyen and kasteel Helmond. Kasteel de Haar is a fake fairy castle built on ruines of a real castle. I'm sure you 'll find your goals:).
Thanks for the tips on the other castles, Richard. We appreciate you watching!
Though de Haar is 'fake' (romantic rebuild on old ruin) it is more real than any Disney castle and a hundred years older.
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Thanks for watching Jack!
Maybe a tip,do not know if you know, try not to rub your skin after you inject. That makes it bruse more. Good luck, great video , 😘
Thank you Susanne! I'll give that a try tonight! We appreciate you.
@@TAndTGoDutch i am a nurse and that is what they teach us when we have to inject our patients 😘 never rub after the injection! Good luck🍀
If you go to Gorinchem and you take the ferry to slot Loevestein you will see a old kastle. Try it.
That sounds fantastic! Thanks for taking the time to comment-we appreciate you!
Gorgeous house and gardens but a housekeeper’s nightmare.
Right? I can't imagine dusting all that beautiful porcelain. Thank you for watching Ellen!
@@TAndTGoDutch The bronze and brass chandeliers were not polished... wouldn't have happened 150 years ago.
Dutch/Flemish chandeliers have a big shiny sphere at the base that would reflect and sparkle the light of the candles.
In my opinion "castles" with walls less than a meter thick, large windows near the ground can't be defended so they are fake:(.
I personally like my castles tough and high too, but sometimes it's only necessary to have a strong point that can can hold out for a few days and keep your treasures and vulnerable people safe while you're waiting for reinforcements.
These are the Netherlands so you wouldn't be holed up in a valley or on a mountain where no-one would notice. A good signal fire can be seen from 20-30 kilometers off and you can be attacked from the rear while you're still trying to break down the door.
That said, most of these "castles" had some sort of wall, palisade or water obstacle but lost them on orders from various conquerors or due to just being a damn nuisance when times got more eh... civilized (if you can call these times civilized anyway).
T&T, lovely video, it's great seeing you have a good time here.