Yes, there is a national park in The Netherlands

A new little house to stay

On Monday, October 3rd, we drove towards the south east, to the Hoge Veluwe. We stayed in the tiniest little village, again accommodation found through the AirBnB website. This time it was a little sleep-out next to the main farm house. We had our own little outdoor area. It was a cosy little house, and close to the national park.

Visiting the museum in the national park, Tuesday October 4th

The Hoge Veluwe was established in 1909 by a couple as a private estate. The couple had a large art collection, for which they build a museum. In 1935, the estate and art was donated to the state, and it became a national park, 55 km2, and the private art collection can be seen in the Kroller-Muller museum. At the all the entrances of the national park, are a total of 1700 white bikes, which are for the public to use. 

Its a popular place

Lots of bikes!

Flat flat, but pretty

These things are called: mushrooms. They show the distance to different places

The Kroller-Muller museum has art from a lot of different artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondriaan, Auguste Rodin and many others. It was lovely to see van Gogh paintings, as the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam is always so busy!

The girl in the woods, one of the first coloured painting by van Gogh

Another favourite

Sitting in the gardens, surrounded by sculptures

This was the St. Hubertus Hunting Lodge. Designed for the Kroller-Muller couple

Visiting another palace, Thursday October 6th

Paleis Soestdijk is one of the several palaces in Holland. For only a few months they had an exhibition of M.C. Escher. He was an incredible graphic artist, you will know him from the 'paintings' that you can stare at for hours to figure out how the staircase keeps going, and how the birds become fish. Yes, that one. 

Unfortunately, I was not allowed to take any photographs inside the palace, but, I did take some pictures from the building and the gardens. 

After our visit to the palace, we made our way back to my uncle's place, to have a lovely dinner. 

not allowed to walk on the grass..... 

nom nom nom delicious. Bit like a custard square

both my uncles, my mum and my cousin