Photo locations Netherlands & Belgium

Trappist abbey with atmospheric ruins

Atmospheric monastery ruin, romantically overgrown

Open drifting sand in the Drents-Friese Wold

32 km of straight line between IJsselmeer and Waddenzee

Busy street market full of people and colour

Bold modern architecture in a young city

Country estate with old tree-lined avenues along the Kromme Rijn

Fine medieval land and water gate

A quiet courtyard in the heart of the city

Narrow streets, courtyards and cafes, atmospheric street life

Archway, pond and lawn with museum

Clean modern office architecture and strong lines

Canals, bridges and leaning facades, UNESCO

One of the most beautiful stations in the world, the cathedral of railways

Town hall, guild houses and Brabo Fountain

Wide boulevards, art and cafes, lively

Ornate shopping arcade with golden details

Hidden medieval alleyway near the cathedral

Tree garden with spectacular autumn colours

Tree garden with remarkable species and colours

Famous bridge from Operation Market Garden

Enormous steel spheres, retro-futuristic

Living raised bog with boardwalk paths

Dam with a colossal lion on top

One of the largest art deco churches in the world

Replica VOC ship and shipyard

Heathland, pools and drift dunes in De Maasduinen

Largest contiguous forest, hills and mushrooms

Hidden waterway running beneath and between the buildings

White and pink blossom in orchards

Bookshop in a medieval church

Historic farmhouses and crafts in an open-air setting

Colour blocks of tulips and hyacinths between Lisse and Hillegom

Unspoilt salt marsh, Dark Sky, birds

Conifer and deciduous forest, well known for fungi

Oldest botanical garden, plants and glasshouses

Enormous cranes and bridges of the harbour

Castle and river loop through forested hills

Star-shaped fortress, remarkably well preserved

Willow floodforest and creeks

Dam between lake and sea, surfing and wild skies

Long arch bridge over the Waal, illuminated in the evening

White houses around a quiet courtyard garden

Romantic little bridge near the Arentshof

Medieval square with tower and guild houses

The lake of love with bridge and swans

Most photographed spot in Brugge, reflections

Rolling heathland with golden yellow sand walls

Glass and steel of the European institutions

World-famous square with gilded guild houses

Concrete bunkers in the dunes along the coast

Wide engineered sandy coast with a dune lake

Tall waterfall on the edge of the High Fens

Polder town with canal and poplar-lined lanes

Wetland and bird reserve in the IJzer plain

Old lift bridge, industrial icon

Raw new land, harbour, wind and wide open space

Water-rich wetland landscape, birds and reflections

Large wooden giants by Thomas Dambo hidden in the forest

Saltwater inlet with tidal channels, unique tidal landscape

Classic market square with church tower and canals

Richly decorated Gothic cathedral with flying buttress figures

Historic seat of government on the Hofvijver

High-rise buildings and the Strijkijzer

Mirrored bowl-shaped facade reflects the city

Medieval Hanseatic city on the IJssel

UNESCO béguinage with cobblestone streets

Citadel, church and coloured houses along the Meuse

Abandoned village full of street art near the harbour

Wide beaches, dunes and coastal light

Oldest city in Holland, with canals and warehouses

Forest, drifting sand and heathland, dark starry skies

Smallest town, cobblestones and a castle on the Ourthe

Large wet heathland with pools and sheep flocks

Sculptural white building on the IJ

Wind turbines, quaysides and heavy industry by the sea

Strijp and modern urban scenes

Fortified town with a rectangular street grid

UFO-shaped icon from the 1960s

Spiral cycling bridge winding upward through the trees

Elevated cycle path through purple heather

Cycle path through a pond, water at eye level

Vast expanse of raised bog with cranes

Renaissance castle with formal gardens along the Meuse

Covered shopping arcade with a glass roof

Modern city library, clean architecture

Medieval guild houses along the Leie

Medieval moated castle in the middle of the city

Medieval neighbourhood of winding lanes

Towers and squares in the heart of Gent

Alley full of constantly changing street art

Village without roads, boats and little bridges

Freestanding golden town hall on a large open square

Wooded ridge with views over the Rhine

Trees planted in the floor plan of a cathedral

Spectacular modern building with a rooftop terrace and panoramic views

Impressive stalactite caves

Square with the Grote Kerk and monumental facades

Famous bluebell carpet, purple beneath the beech trees

Diamond-shaped glass structure on a historic fire station building

Former military factory site, raw atmosphere

International bird area with mudflats and salt marshes

Restored fortress on the Maas

Vast raised bog with boardwalk paths, mist and snow

Forested glacial ridge with open views

Old factory with street art and a creative community hub

Flowing art nouveau facades and interiors by Horta

Botanical garden with themed gardens

Floating circular cycling bridge suspended by stay cables

Quiet sand drift with solitary trees

Best preserved walled town in the Netherlands

Rebuilt cloth hall and memorial gate

Varied woodland on a ridge, rich in fungi

Open water with windmills and sailing boats

Cross-border heathland and dune landscape

Hanseatic city with gates and a skyline reflected in the IJssel

Heathland, fens and the winding Beerze

Open expanses and water near Groningen

Reconstructed castle on a rock above the Warche

Dunes with pools, wisents and woodland close to the sea

Largest flower park in the world, millions of bulbs

Nineteen windmills in a row, UNESCO World Heritage Site, reflections in the water

Largest active drifting sand area in Western Europe

Two medieval towers on the Leie with bridge

Migrating cranes over the peatland

Tilted cube houses by Piet Blom

Stream with small waterfalls through beech forest

Castle ruin above a village in the Ourthe valley

Reservoir with forested banks

Ancient beech trees and an exceptional variety of fungi

Pools, heathland and forest, popular spot for fungi

Historic canals, courtyards and university city

Glacial ridge with heathland and juniper trees

Richly decorated late-Gothic town hall

Monumental library with tower

Winding stream, dead wood and sunbeams in the mist

Picturesque beguinage and astronomical clock tower

Town gate and quiet polder villages in the Westhoek

Sand flats with fens and pine trees

Heathland bordering the sand drift

Large inland sand drift, the Brabant Sahara, with forest edges

Red sandstone tower with free panoramic rooftop access

Ancient hedgerow landscape, UNESCO biosphere

Oldest bridge in the Netherlands across the Maas, historic city

Large square with Sint-Servaas and Sint-Jan

Peat bog with dead trees standing in water, reflections

Wooden houses and harbour of a former island

Newly created nature island with birds

Arched market hall with an enormous colourful ceiling

One of the oldest forests, tall pines and long avenues

Sint-Romboutstoren and square with terraces

Climbable for panoramic views, on clear days reaching as far as Antwerpen

Lively riverside dining spot along the Dijle

Purple heathland with viewpoints

Small waterways and bridges through the old city

Abbey tower Lange Jan and historic city centre

Wild floodplain with grazing animals along the Waal

Heathland and ponds on the eastern Veluwe

Long historic railway bridge through marshland

Iconic mill on the Spaarne in Haarlem

City mill in the centre of Leiden, attractive from the canal

Polder mills in a wide, open polder landscape

Garden with a view over the city and its towers

Heathland and forest on the transition to the river landscape

Classical building with a cloud-shaped extension on top

Houses built on the old city wall

Industrial harbour area with street art and warehouses

Perfect star-shaped fortifications

Oldest nature reserve in the Netherlands, wetland with birds

Lit high-rises and bridges reflected in the Maas

Freshwater tidal area with creeks, beavers and eagles

Raised bog with pools, boardwalks and birds

Heathland, sand drifts, forest and wildlife all in one place

Authentic stream valley landscape with hedgerows

Heathland, pine forest and blue slag heaps

Open tidal and wetland landscape, Dark Sky Park

Largest lowland peat bog, reed beds and water

Sleek pedestrian bridge near Zoetermeer station

Fishing harbour, breakwaters and groynes

Riverfront with bridge and city skyline

Belgium's only true mountain stream, with rocks and pools

Pools surrounded by forest, magical in autumn

Harbour city, pier and art by the sea

Imposing storm surge barrier, clean lines

Wilderness with large grazers and birds

Tower and cityscape with views over the Rhine

Town hall in Brabantine Gothic, cycling classic

Pools, heathland and birch trees, small but very photogenic

Wooden groyne posts in the surf, a classic subject for long-exposure photography

Rolling farmland straight out of a Bruegel painting

Triumphal arch and park views

Geometric city park on a former railway yard

Sweeping white pedestrian bridge beside Park Spoor Noord

Beach, pier and boulevard, busy beach life

Mix of heathland, fields and forest, wildlife

Large botanical garden with historic glasshouses

Rolling hills with heather and wide views, crepuscular rays

White asymmetric bridge in Dordrecht

Graphic bundles of rails and overhead lines

Old shipyard with vast industrial halls

Water-rich lake district with reed beds

Famous viewpoint over a village in a Semois river loop

Sharply jutting station canopy, clean lines

Clean white cable-stayed bridge, the Swan

Old railway viaduct with small shops underneath

Yellow wooden walkway threading through the city

Highest heathland in eastern Netherlands, black grouse

Characteristic slanted sheep barns set in polder farmland

Low-traffic island with wide beaches and salt marshes

Tallest and widest dunes in the Netherlands

Wooden escalators and white pedestrian tunnel beneath the Schelde

Spring streams, small waterfalls and an old mill in hilly woodland

Smallest Frisian city with a canal and mill

Border town with a windmill and shopping streets

Largest sea lock in the world, ships and industrial engineering

City park with small waterfalls, ponds and a white villa

Belle-époque town with forests and springs

Gnarled, centuries-old beeches with twisting trunks

Sprengen streams, brooks and varied woodland on the ridge

Farmhouses, traditional dress and regional colours

Birds on the mudflats at high tide

Dark Sky on the eastern tip of Terschelling

Dark highland plateau, little light pollution

Darkest location in the Netherlands, Milky Way and stars

Expansive heathland with the large pool Beuven

Former Philips factory site, now hip and industrial

Rolling cultural landscape with essen (raised field complexes)

Whitewashed houses and church, a streetscape unlike anywhere else

Island with reed marshes and Highland cattle

Oldest city in Belgium, Roman past, antiques market

Tulip fields with the sea and dykes nearby

Endless straight tulip strips across an open polder landscape

Authentic fishing village with harbour and lighthouse

Tallest church tower with wharf cellars along the Oudegracht

Modern flowing architecture and interplay of lines

UNESCO modernist factory in glass and steel

Former Scottish trading town on the Veerse Meer

Rutting red deer in morning mist

Old avenues and forests on the glacial ridge

Wilderness of mudflats and channels, accessible by guided tour only

Restored fortress with harbour and post mills

Clear lakes with legakkers

Tropical butterflies up close

Classic fishing village, quayside and traditional costume

Daily flea market, raw working-class street life

Tall lighthouse with views over the mudflats and beach

Oldest lighthouse in the Netherlands, rising above West-Terschelling

Red lighthouse on the northern tip surrounded by dunes

Glowing glow-worms along dark forest edges

Abandoned hydraulic engineering models in the forest

Largest natural waterfall in the Ardennes

Largest dune area on the Belgian coast

High sea dike and lighthouse on the North Sea

A small church tucked behind the sea dike on the Wadden mudflats

Fortified town with harbour and star shape

Small-scale stream valley and heathland

Elfstedentocht atmosphere, harbours and picturesque streets

Green wooden houses and working windmills along the Zaan

Seals on sandbanks from a boat trip

Long, elegant bridge spanning the Oosterschelde

Repeating pillars, graphic perspective

Cathedral forest with tall, straight beech trees

Tower city with medieval streets

Medieval city gate with towers