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Triplandio Netherlands guide covers 39 travel guides with 3 cities across 106 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 156 self-guided walking tours in Netherlands with 809 POI, spanning 538.9 km in total. Get inspired by 29 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Netherlands
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Netherlands
Cost
LOW
Safety
86
Health
94
Lifestyle
81
Infra
98
Rank
#4
Score
70
Tourists
7.3M/y
GDP/cap
$73.7k
Life Exp
82.0 yrs
Population
18.1M
Currency
EUR €
Language
Dutch
Payments
Cashless
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Netherlands
Local Flavours of Netherlands — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Snack
Vegetarian
Cheese Sandwich
Kaasbroodje
KAAS-broot-yeh
Golden puff pastry filled with savory cheese.
Soup
Meat
Utrecht Brown Bean Soup
Utrechtse Bruine Bonensoep
OO-trecht-suh BROO-nuh Bohn-en-SOOP
A hearty soup made from brown beans, vegetables, and smoked sausage.
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Snack
Meat
Erasmus Broodje
e-RAZ-mus BRO-de
A sandwich with spicy meat and Dutch cheese specific to Rotterdam.
Snack
Fish & Seafood
Herring
Haring
HAH-ring
Raw herring fillet served with onions and pickles.
Snack
Meat
Ball-shaped Meat Croquettes
Bitterballen
BI-tuh-BAH-len
Small meat-based breaded snacks, deep-fried and served hot.
Snack
Meat
Veal Croquette
Kalfskroket
KALFS-kro-ket
A breaded and deep-fried roll filled with creamy veal ragout.
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Drink
Vegan
Utrecht Mulled Wine
Utrechtse Bisschopswijn
Oo-TREH-khs-uh BISS-kops-vine
A warming spiced wine beverage popular in winter.
Bread
Vegan
Utrecht Rye Bread
Roggebrood
ROH-guh-broad
A dense, dark loaf made from rye flour, commonly eaten with cheese or butter.
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Main course
Meat
Utrecht Stew
Utrechtse stoofpot
Oot-rek-tuh stohf-pot
A hearty beef stew made with local vegetables.
Soup
Vegetarian
Utrecht Mustard Soup
Mosterdsoep
MOH-sterd-soop
A creamy soup made with coarse mustard, often topped with bacon or chives.
Street food
Fish & Seafood
Herring Sandwich
Broodje Haring
BROH-juh HA-ring
Raw herring served in a bread roll with onions and pickles.
Main course
Meat
Bami Goreng
BAH-mi go-RENG
Fried noodle dish with vegetables, often served with meat or shrimp.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Utrecht Style Stewed Pears
Stoofperen
STOH-fuh-peh-rehn
A traditional dish of pears slow-cooked in red wine, spices, and sweeteners.
Snack
Fish & Seafood
Hollandse Nieuwe
HOL-lahns-uh NEE-wee-uh
Raw herring, traditionally served with onions and pickles.
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Snack
Vegetarian
Utrechtse Spritsen
OOT-racht-suh SPRIT-suhn
A buttery, crumbly shortbread cookie traditional to Utrecht.