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6: The Hague
6.海牙
The Hague or Den Haag is the seat of the Dutch government and home to the Dutch Royal family.
海牙是荷蘭政府所在地，也是荷蘭皇室所在地。
This elegant city has wide leafy streets, several palaces, fantastic restaurants, smart hotels, luxury shops,
這座優雅的城市有著寬闊的林蔭道，若干座宮殿，一流的餐廳，時尚的酒店，奢華的商店，
loads of museums and a whole clutch of beautiful and historic squares such as the Plein and Grokte Markt,
大量的博物館，一群漂亮的古廣場，如普林廣場和格羅特廣場，
where you can enjoy a coffee by day and go clubbing by night.
在那兒，白天你可以喝咖啡，到晚上你可以去俱樂部。
Take a tour of Het Binnenhof, the home of the Dutch parliament since 1446.
去一趟國會大廈，這里自1446年開始就是荷蘭國會的所在地。
Art fiends can view the world's largest Mondrian collection in the Art Deco buildings of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Municipal Museum)
藝術朋友們可以去藝術裝飾風格的海牙市立博物館參觀蒙德里安的畫作，那里是世界最大的蒙德里安畫作收藏地。
as well as a selection of Golden Age masterpieces in the Mauritshuis museum.
海牙皇家莫里茨美術館藏有荷蘭黃金時代的畫品杰作。
If you have kids (or you're a big kid yourself) a day in the miniature world of Madurodam should keep everyone happy.
如果你有孩子（或者你自己就是個大孩子），那么在馬德羅丹的小人國玩一天，你們應該會玩得很開心。
7: Keukenhof Gardens
7.庫肯霍夫公園
Back in the 17th century, the world's financial markets went tulip-mad.
早在17世紀，全球金融市場刮了一股郁金香風。
The price of Dutch tulip bulbs skyrocketed and then plummeted,
荷蘭郁金香球莖價格暴漲，然后暴跌，
and fortunes were made and lost in the world's first recorded speculative 'bubble'.
這是世界上第一個有記錄的投機“泡沫”，它創造了財富，也讓人們失去了財富。
Flowers are still the country's major industry.
鮮花還是這個國家的主要產業。
The floating flower market (Bloemenmarkt) on Amsterdam's Singel canal,
阿姆斯特丹單運河上的流動花卉市場，
Utrecht's flower market and the Aalsmeer flower auction are all must-sees.
烏特勒支花卉市場和阿斯米爾花卉拍賣市場都是必游之地。
To see the tulips growing in in the spring,
想看春天里正在生長的郁金香，
head to the bulb fields behind the North Sea dunes between the cities of Leiden and Den Helder,
直接去位于萊頓市和登海爾德市之間，北海沙丘后面的郁金香球莖田，
or to Keukenhof where you can see an amazing seven million flowers,
或者去庫肯霍夫，那里七百萬棵花朵足以令你驚嘆，
tulips, narcissi, daffodils and hyacinths – in bloom during March to May.
郁金香、水仙花、黃水仙和風信子在3-5月間開花。
8: Maastricht
8.馬斯特里赫特
In the south of the Netherlands Maastricht seems 'less Dutch' than other Dutch cities;
位于荷蘭南部的馬斯特里赫特相較于其他城市似乎沒有那么濃的“荷蘭”風味。
it has Spanish and Roman ruins, French-influenced architecture, an international atmosphere,
它有西班牙和羅馬遺跡，法風建筑，國際化環境，
perhaps because it's so close to Belgium and Germany and it's even surrounded by hills.
也許因為它臨近比利時和德國，所以它四面環山。
Set either side of the Meuse river it's a truly beautiful place,
謬斯河的兩岸是一個真正美麗的地方，
with a historic centre filled with churches, squares (have a beer in the cobblestoned het Vrijthof square),
它有一個古老的中心，那里都是教堂，廣場（你可以在鋪滿鵝卵石的弗萊特霍夫廣場喝份啤酒），
old houses, fortifications and museums above ground,
古老的屋子，堡壘以及博物館，
and miles of tunnels and caves (the Caves of St Pieter and the Casements) underground.
地下有綿延數里的隧道和地下洞窟（圣彼得堡洞窟和要塞）。
Maastricht is also renowned for its world-class restaurants
馬斯特里赫特還有盛名的世界一流的餐廳
(five Michelin-starred restaurants within five miles of the centre), so come hungry and equipped with a credit card.
（這個中心五英里之內有五個米其林星級餐廳），所以帶上你的信用卡餓著肚子來這里飽餐一頓吧。
9: Wadden islands
9.瓦登群島
Off the northern Dutch coast are the five Wadden islands,
荷蘭北海岸不遠處就是五個瓦爾登島。
part of a chain of 50 islands encircling the Wadden Sea between Den Helder in the Netherlands and Esbjerg in Denmark.
瓦登群島屬于環繞荷蘭登海爾德和丹麥埃斯堡之間的瓦登海的50個島嶼組成的島鏈的一部分。
Texel has long, sandy beaches, Terschelling has huge colonies of birds in the Boschplaat nature reserve,
瓦登群島的特塞爾島有長長的沙灘，泰爾斯海靈的Boschplaat自然保護區有眾多的鳥群，
Ameland has a history of whaling, the forested Vlieland is the most remote and Schiermonnikoog is the smallest.
阿默蘭島有捕鯨的歷史，最遠島是林木覆蓋的弗利蘭島，最小的島是斯希蒙尼克島。
Boat hop between the five or if you're up to the challenge, try wadlopen or mud-walking,
在五座島嶼之間跳島游或者你打算找點挑戰淺海徒步或者泥濘徒行，
sometimes through thigh-high mud or waist-high water – --across the seabed at low tide.
有時通過大腿高的泥或者腰深的水——在低潮時穿過海水。
This is definitely not for softies: some people call it 'horizontal alpinism'.
這當然不適合體弱的人：一些人稱呼它為地平線上的阿爾卑斯山。
10: Delft
10.代爾夫特
Old master Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age
早期繪畫大師約翰內斯·維米爾，他是17世紀荷蘭黃金時代最偉大的畫家之一
(The Girl with the Pearl Earring is one of his), lived and worked here,
《戴珍珠耳環的少女》就是他的作品之一，他在代爾夫特生活和工作，
and it's also where the famous hand-painted, blue and white Delft Blue earthenware has been made since the 17th century.
這里也是17世紀以來著名的手工繪制的藍白色代爾夫特藍陶的出產地。
Like Amsterdam, Delft is a city built on canals
和阿姆斯特丹一樣，代爾夫特是一座建在運河上的城市，
(the word delft comes from delven meaning 'to dig') that were designed as lifelines and defences.
（單詞代爾夫特源自德文，意思是‘挖掘’）它是人們的生命線和防御線。
You can easily spend a weekend here wandering around the historic centre,
你可以簡單在這里花一周時間逛逛古老的中心區，
exploring market stalls, visiting the Prinsenhof Museum (associated with William of Orange,
探索市場貨攤，參觀普林森霍夫博物館（這個博物館與威廉·奧蘭治有關，
you can even see the bullet holes in the wall where he was assassinated in 1584),
你甚至可以在里面看見他1584年遇刺時候墻上的彈孔），
the Renaissance style City Hall and the churches, including the Oud and Nieuwe Kerk.
看一看文藝復興風格的市政廳和教堂，包括代爾夫特奧德教堂和新教堂。
Climb to the top of the latter's tower to see Rotterdam and The Hague on a clear day.
在晴朗的日子里，你還可以爬到代爾夫特新教堂的塔頂遠眺鹿特丹和海牙。
