Paddling near Amsterdam, North Holland

Amsterdam sits at the heart of North Holland's canal network, where the Amstel and a web of historic grachten wind through the city centre. Paddlers can explore the canals from within the city itself, then push out to broader open water on the Markermeer, the Loosdrechtse Plassen, or the protected polder landscape of Waterland just north of the city.

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