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• A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube

  Leigh Fermor Patrick

  
  
   

• Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland - The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates

  Patrick Leigh Fermor

  
  
   

• Amsterdam: The Ultimate Pocket Guide and Map (Lonely Planet Best of ...)

  Terry Carter, Lara Dunston

  
  
   

• Get Lost!: The Cool Guide to Amsterdam (Get Lost)

  Joe Pauker

  
  
   

• Amsterdam (Lonely Planet City Guide)

  Jeremy Gray

  
  
   

• Brussels (Time Out Brussels)

  Time Out Guides Ltd

  
  
   

• Amsterdam (Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guide)

  Fiona Duncan, Leonie Glass

  
  
   

• Amsterdam (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

  Robin Pascoe, Christopher Catling

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to Amsterdam (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

  Martin Dunford, Phil Lee, Karoline Densley

  
  Amsterdam was always a very easy-to-get-to destination for British travellers, but with the speeding up of Eurostar, it is even more accessible than ever. And if you are one of the many people who've realised this fact, you should be packing a copy of The Rough Guide to Amsterdam in your luggage. Of course, it is always safe to assume that this series will present a nonpareil guide to the country under view, but this is a particularly quirky and individual volume, crammed full of lateral thinking on the part of its team (Martin Dunford, Phil Lee and Karoline Densley), along with the requisite basic information.

  Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, may boast all the attractions of a large city, but is actually rather compact, and thus a perfect place for walking around (if, however, you want to use public transport, the city has one of the best systems in Europe). As the authors of point out, parts of the centre are quiet and not congested with traffic - principally because of the canals. The latter are, of course, the element that gives a particular character to the city, with the large gabled houses dotted along them. Dunford and co. draw attention to all the important sights that one must visit, such as (of course) the Anne Frank house; visiting the place where this most famous youthful victim of the Nazis hid away is still a moving experience (as ever, of course, the guide warns us to beware of the long queues, and suggests coming early or late to avoid the crush).

  There is a particularly accessible section of the guide on the history of the city -- one of the richest and most impressive histories in Europe, as well as listing the legendary venues for music and the visual arts (the section on the wonderful concert house, The Concertgebouw, is particularly instructive, detailing ticket availability and tours). But whatever your destination in Amsterdam -- from the astonishing treasures of the Rijksmuseum to the erotic diversions of the sex museums and the famous Red Light district -- this is the guide to take with you. --Barry Forshaw

  
   

• The Netherlands (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Neal Bedford, Simon Sellars

  
  
   

• Belgium and Luxembourg (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Gert Cole, Leanne Logan

  
  
   

• Bruges (Cadogan Guides)

  Antony Mason

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to Brussels - Edition 3

  Martin Dunford, Phil Lee

  
  
   

• Amsterdam (Eyewitness Pocket Maps and Guides)

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to the Netherlands (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

  Martin Dunford, Phil Lee

  
  
   

• A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube

  Patrick Leigh Fermor

  
  
   

• The Undutchables: An Observation of the Netherlands, Its Culture And Its Inhabitants

  Colin White, Laurie Boucke

  
  
   

• Live and Work in Brussels (Live & Work) (Live & Work) (Live & Work) (Live & Work) (Live & Work)

  Derek Blyth

  
  
   

• A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians

  Harry Pearson

  
  Belgium has had its share of defining moments: the treaty of Vienna after Napoleon, two world wars and, rounding out the 20th century, contaminated Coke come to mind. In A Tall Man in a Low Land the curmudgeonly comic Harry Pearson grabs this theme in his teeth and, growling through the lowlands, asks "what the bloody hell am I doing here?" Along the way, Pearson bumps into some curiously sympathetic observers, the Belgians themselves. His meandering path of puns and one-liners describes the land of the Flemish and the French Walloons: two worlds for the price of one.

  Pearson wisely skirts Brussels, the home of the 17th-century statue of the Manneken-Pis, Belgium's unfortunate guidebook equivalent to Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower. Instead he heads into the countryside, taking a poke at sights no guide would have the guts to mention: the life-threatening preoccupation with electrical DIY projects and a Flemish landscape of garden ornaments littering every nook and cranny. Such observations are fuelled by Pearson's ability to deliver detail with a punch line though he doesn't approach Bill Bryson's story-telling ease.

  Pearson began the trip in search of insight into one of Europe's most densely populated countries and concludes that the Belgians suffer from low self esteem. Then, with the wit that defines a traveller's tale over a guide book, Pearson reveals their common bond: 100 different beers and 35,000 cafes. After all, as Pearson reminds us, how can you not love a country that gave the British bitter, ale and chips? --Kathleen Buckley

  
   

• Amsterdam (Lonely Planet City Map)