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    Eating & drinking

    From village to town to city, you will find inexpensive places to eat, a large variety of ethnic establishments as well as the more trendy and exclusive restaurants. Because there is such a wide variety of eating possibilities, we do not make half-board arrangements. You can so easily choose your own restaurant for lunch and dinner wherever you are, and perhaps experience an unexpected 'culinary pearl'.
    You could try some original Dutch specialties, including salted herring, mussels, 'hotchpotch', pancakes, sweet pastries and great cheeses.

    The Dutch drink a lot of tea and coffee, which are served at more or less fixed times. You may like to enjoy a small, but strong cup of coffee along with a piece of apple pie or Dutch pastry. As in England, afternoon tea is often served with a variety of teas and pastries on offer.
    Late afternoon is usually the time for an alcoholic drink, or 'borrel' as the Dutch call it. A glass of one of the famous Dutch beers perhaps, a nip of Genever (Dutch gin), or a glass of wine or sherry, usually accompanied by cheese, nuts, or crackers. The favourite snack with the borrel is 'bitterballen', deep-fried breaded meat balls, eaten on a stick and dipped into mild mustard.

        Tulip Cycling deliberately does not provide advice or make recommendations about restaurants. This is because of the frequent changes in this sector. It is therefore more advisable to ask the staff at your overnight accommodation, or to check out the Internet (e.g. www.dinnersite.com).


    Eating & drinking times in The Netherlands:   

  • Breakfast
  • Coffee break
  • Lunch
  • Tea
  • 'Borrel' (dram)
  • Dinner
    		• 7.00 - 9.00 a.m.
    10.30 a.m.
    12.00 - 1.30 p.m.
    3.30 p.m.
    5.00 p.m.
    6.00 - 8.30 p.m.