Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country where human-scale design meets wide-open skies — think Amsterdam’s gilded canal rings, but also Utrecht’s car-free city center, the futuristic landscapes of Rotterdam, and tiny villages so tidy they look like dollhouses. More than just windmills and tulips, it’s a place where biking is the most natural way to get around, every town has a market square worth lingering in, and even the train trips between cities feel like a curated tour of polder vistas, castle ruins, and glassy greenhouses.