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Today we had a pleasant journey from Utrecht to Gouda, with some pleasant stops along the way, including the old military town of Woerden. We arrived at our B&B stop in Gouda at around 18:30.

We discovered as soon as we entered the attractive outskirts of Gouda that it was a real gem, and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay there.

Views of the Tonke we stayed in at Utrecht

Interior of the Tonke, and view of the Bridge when leaving Utrecht via Vleuten

Views of the church and town square in Woerden

Garden gnomes for sale en route to Gouda!

Views of the Town Hall, Gouda, at night, and the next morning

View of the Cheese Trading Hall, and a stone monument in the museum

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We visited the DOM Tower, which is Holland’s highest church tower at 113 metres. We photographed the tower from below, and also from the top. You can take a guided tour to the 95 meter pont on the tower, which was plenty high enough for me!

View of the DOM Tower

Views of the cathedral from the top of the DOM Tower

Views of the same university building from street level and from the top of the DOM tower

Gargoyles and a bell at the DOM Tower

Views of a model of the DOM Tower

Cats of Utrecht!

An Christian stone from King Alfred’s time, and a statue of a fisherwoman

We were not quite sure why she is holding chickens under her arms, but we were assured she is a fisherwoman…

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We expected this visit to be the high point of the tour for us, and it certainly did not disappoint. The Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kroller-Muller museum and Art Gallery at its centre are absolutely stunning and we enjoyed our best day of the holiday so far.

The park itself is enormous, and can only be visited on foot or by bicycle. To give an idea of the size, a tour of the park by bike involves completing a ride of around 35Km. The Kroller-Muller museum and Art Gallery contain numerous works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Mondrian, Rodin, Moore and Hepworth among others.

You can find out more about the park by visiting its website, which includes a live webcam, here.

Those who arrive by car must park at the entrance and take one of the famous ‘white bikes’ to tour the park…

The white bikes in the Hoge Veluwe National Park

Views of the Hoge Veluwe National Park including the beehives
A selection of sculptures from the Sculpture Garden at the Kroller-Muller museum…






We dined at the Buffet restaurant near the entrance to the park. Steve paid another of his visits to the Slagroom… I should hastily point out that this is not a colloquial term for a ‘house of ill repute’, but Dutch for whipped cream. The Dutch certainly do their cholesterol in style – diverse cheese and eggs at breakfast, toasted cheese sandwiches (‘tostis’) for lunch and whipped cream on the hot chocolate, Dutch apple cake (a speciality), and in this case, profiteroles!

Steve pays a visit to the slagroom…

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As the weather was somewhat rainy and overcast we elected to shop and sightsee in Arnhem and defer our trip to the Hoge Veluwe until the next day.

We spend several enjoyable hours visiting the Sonsbeek outdoor sculpture exhibition in Sonsbeek Park.
The Sonsbeek Exhibition only occurs every 7 years. We were therefore fortunate that our tour co-incided with Exhibition year!

Sculptures from the Sonsbeek exhibition…

A view of the Water Mill at Sonsbeek Park

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