Need itinerary help--second visit to The Netherlands

The Hooge Veluwe - wild heathland in the centre of the country, with lots of walking and bike paths, and home to the Kroller-Muller art gallery, a huge Van Gogh collection and a lot of 20th century art too. And what about the south, areas such as Maastricht and Zeeland, or Groningen and the Frisian island in the north?

Thank you for the suggestions!

We loved Utrecht, where we stayed, and many people like Delft. If you love art and have missed any of the following, you should go back and visit: Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Mauritshuis in Den Haag.

We were there for 2+ weeks in late May/early June, and we visited many of the same spots as you. Here are some spots I loved that you did not list:

• Hoorn: I was just raving about this town in another post. It was my favorite part of the trip. Everything is very walkable, and there is a pleasant park along the water.
• Enkhuizen: We day tripped there from Hoorn. The town is lovely and very walkable. For a small place, it had a good food scene. There is a park there with a petting zoo. (Several towns in the Netherlands have these, but I liked this one the best.)
• Utrecht: This was our home base for several days. It has an interesting city centre, and the two level canals are nice. Best of all, it has excellent train connections.
• Woerden: We went on a Saturday and enjoyed their farmers market/cheese market. It was small and more for locals than for tourists, which made it very pleasant. The windmill store was open that day, and we bought cake mix from the miller!
• Zwolle: This was another base city. The Old Town area was very walkable. We went to the Friday market and had a lovely picnic afterwards. The city centre is surrounded by a canal. My husband guided us through it in a rented electric boat.
• Nijverdal: This small town is a great spring board to the Nationaal Park De Sallandse Heuvelrug. This was a good spot for hiking.

LaurieC: Thanks so much! These places were not on my radar; I will check them out.

Hoorn and Zutphen are both fantastic towns much in the vein of the ones you liked.

Gosh, there are so many more ...... Middelburg and all of Zeeland are particular favorites, too.

If you want to revisit Den Bosch and like nature: National Park Loonse en Drunense duinen is not far away. If you like to walk within the city limits: we often walk along the river Meuse. This is only possible if it hasn’t rained for a couple of days. Starting point would be close to restaurant/cafe “ de Lachende Vis”. A walk in ‘ de Bossche Broek” , Moerputten or Wamberg is also very nice. All short walk for 30-60 minutes. Any local can help you with that and point you in the right direction.

Thank you for these suggestions. We love to walk, and these sound like a good fit for us.

Zwolle and Zutphen are very well to combine with other interesting places along the IJssel river like Kampen, Deventher and Hattem. The countryside is lovely there and you can find country estates there like Middachten, halfway between Zutphen and Arnhem. Zwolle is btw a good base for going to Giethoorn.

Worth to vist too is Heusden west of Den Bosch (aka 's Hertogenbosch), still having it's original ramparts. Takes a half hour with the bus. Further off the beaten path for most here is Gorinchem and Woudrichem, the latter to reach by ferry from the first. For going to the nearby castle Slot Loevenstein, you have to take another ferry.