find yourself some parking and then walk to the city center
apart from the boat and some food there's not much else you can spend money here
it's a really pleasant 10 minutes walk
welcome to giethoorn the most beautiful village in the netherlands
or is it we'll find out in this video so let me take you through i'll give you all the practical
tips about getting here what to do around and how to see this beautiful village let's start
let's talk about the name giethoorn so it comes from goat horns when they discovered the village this
area basically was marshes and they had some goats who drowned here due to a flood and they found a
lot of the horns and that's why the name giethoorn are goat's horns i know it's not the most
appealing thing when you think of like a beautiful quaint little village in the netherlands but sadly
that's how the name came about in terms of getting here it's not so straightforward which i think is
good and part of the charm so there's no public transport that comes here directly from amsterdam
or rotterdam or hagues i'm coming from rotterdam and i came here with a friend on a car took about
two hours and 15 minutes 30 with a break and um parking is a little difficult to find around but
you have to be you have to look around for it but definitely recommend to come here in the car don't
rely on public transport it's not the easiest thing so let's continue our tour of giethoorn
this is just the beginning of the village and the attached roof houses have already started
these are the signature of
giethoorn this 10 minutes beautiful walk is going to lead us to our first stop but
before we start i would definitely recommend not getting on any bridges that are marked as private
property because that's considered trespassing and you should be respectful to the locals
as soon as we entered the village we saw the sign for a group boat tour
and we signed up for it without thinking much it turned out to be a little bit of a
mistake but it was still quite interesting especially when it comes to information
the tour started and we headed to the main canal
which is pretty alright there's nothing interesting there the main thing to see
is the village and after that little bit of trek we headed towards the smaller canals
our guide explained how the first people arrived and the tough conditions
and how they settled down here
it was a fairly busy day and there were a lot of
people around which meant the canals were a little jammed
but soon enough you're just in this beautiful maze of canals and these
gorgeous stash roof houses all around with little chicken running around dogs and cats
and it's just the most beautiful village and you forget all about the hundreds of people around you
so as soon as you get to giethoorn find yourself some parking and then walk to the city center i
would recommend skipping the big boat tour because this is kind of like the hop on hop off kind of
big red bus tour of giethoorn and there will be a lot of screaming kids around i mean unless you
know you can deal with that i would recommend skipping it and get your own boat it's a much
nicer way of exploring this i would also recommend arriving here after 2 33 p.m because a lot of the
people are leaving at that time and then you can explore it in relatively peace and quiet on the
weekend it's especially busier so weekdays are much better okay so let's go explore the town now
i am in the town now it's a really pleasant 10 minutes walk
and i would definitely recommend getting your own boat because it actually turns out it's only a few
euros extra so for two people it was 27 euros on the tour and 30 euros per hour for the boat so
and if you're not really confident about it it's only a meter deep the whole canal even if you go
out to the lake outside because these are marshes this is not deep place so let's continue our tour
while there's a small narrow street close to the main artery of the canals
usually there are only canals if you want to travel around and you can use
the boat or the bridges and there are a lot of bridges here 180 to be precise
in the winters these canals freeze and locals use them for ice skating
and the tourists are also welcome to do that
giethoorn exploded in its popularity and it has become
a tourist hotspot so to cater to that there are a few hotels and airbnbs if you want to stay
i would definitely recommend you go further north because that's the quieter part of town
without a lot of tourists i mean even just to enjoy that's the best part
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one thing that i found quite interesting is that the locals are really friendly
and nice and they wave at you when you wave at them or say hello
um because usually when it gets to a certain point the locals do start hating the tourists
a little bit but it hasn't reached that point yet so get there before you know the attitudes change
it is also the perfect spot for a picnic so if you are into picnics
do bring your stuff with you because there's tons of spots around
contrary to popular belief giethoorn is not a museum village which means the houses are owned by
the residents and they do all the maintenance and upkeep and for record i checked the house
prices a normal house would cost you upwards of one and a half million euros if you're willing
to donate i will send you my bank account details because i'd love to buy a house here
giethoorn has become really popular recently and the consequence of that is there's a lot of
people who come to visit so if you want to experience the quaint side of things
the quietness of the village i would recommend skipping weekends and going during the weekdays
this is the museum of giethoorn and you can go learn a little bit about the history
i'm not one for museums i'm definitely going to skip this one
but this has a little bit of a history as a savior so when the flagrants were kicked
out of umbria and italy because they were not catholic enough they were accepted here
and they were not really liked by the bishop in the netherlands as well so he sent them here
these were the marshes of the time and they were sent here basically to die but they found a way
they extracted this thing from under because it was marshes they would extract this thing which
was rotten leaves they would dry it and it was sold as fuel for the fire for cooking etc etc
that's how they built all of this and this is the history behind this fascinating place
there are bars restaurants cafes you can even stay in giethoorn if you want
but i think it's just beautiful as a day trip if you plan it well and do it well
it also isn't that expensive because apart from the boat and some food there's not much else you
can spend money here maybe some souvenirs this is all from me from giethoorn i really hope
you enjoyed this beautiful little village with me and if you do get to come here i hope these
tips will help you as well i will see you in another beautiful destination next time
i also visited the beautiful flower garden of cooking half
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