A holiday in your own country with children has its advantages. Goodbye whining kids in the backseat! Goodbye expensive plane tickets! Goodbye language barrier! Moreover, there are now so many nice and original places to spend a holiday in the Netherlands that it also makes parents happy. We have listed 9 favorite holiday destinations in our own country.

Texel Yurts
There on the Texel Rommelpot is perhaps one of the nicest places to stay on all the Wadden Islands, the Texel Yurts. In the center of the island, near the main village of Den Hoorn and in the middle of a dune area, there are a number of fantastic yurts, very sheltered. Indeed, yurts, or large round white tents decorated like a small house, with wooden floors, real beds and a stove/wood stove (for warming up AND cooking yourself), making the yurts highly recommended all year round. The yurt is insulated with felt: cool when it's hot outside, warm when it's cold outside. The walls are high (claustrophobic tent feeling) and the furnishings are pure and natural with only unpainted wood, handsome rugs and a variety of stools. The light comes from above and everything is actually equally special. You will all sleep in one room, although it will be difficult to get the offspring inside: playing outside and swimming in the sea or the outdoor swimming pool at the main entrance is yours. Texel Yurts

Sweet House, Zeeland
You know them, those moments when you just want to go to a hut, somewhere, to read a book, get a breath of fresh air, not too difficult but of course a nice hut. Because hey, we don't want anything for a while, but we are not suddenly blind. Here is, Sweet House is what you want. The charming dike house for two is located in the mini town of Turkeye (no joke), a small hamlet in West Zeeland Flanders. All details have been kept intact where possible during the renovation, so that is doubly good news: new in use but authentic in looks. WiFi is also available, as are two bicycles. The beach is 10 minutes away and from there you can take the boat to Vlissingen (Middelburg, Veere or Domburg). You can be in Ghent within half an hour. Babies are fine, but not suitable for walking children (scary stairs). Sweet House

The Schone Leij, Bergen
This must be Holland's nicest and cutest hut on the heath. It is small, boho and very cozy. Okay, there is only 1 Large People Bedroom, plus a bedroom for small people, but those who really love each other can also sleep there with four adults. The best/easiest/fastest way to book is via Aanzee.com where you will find more pearls (but not one as shiny as this one). The Clean Leij

De Lievelinge, Vuren
Forget Camping Bakkum, the super popular campsite in Bakkum near Castricum in North Holland (well, it is actually still one of the nicest campsites in the country, but for the sake of form that is aside) because there is the Lievelinge in Vuren in Gelderland! Since the campsite opened for the first time in 2012, it has been, according to many, the favorite place in the country when it comes to camping. Not surprising since the campsite was bought and run by the event managers behind Wink, the agency that is responsible for, among other things, the ELLE Style Awards and A Day at the Park and that is regularly hired by Diesel, Levi's, Corona, Grolsch, G, among others. -star and so on and so on. And that campsite? They do that on the side because it's so much fun. Success assured. The Lievelinge

Tipi Island @ Campspirit, De Kluut
In the love-hate category: camping. You hate it or you love it, although there is no doubt that every child likes it (right?). In the category Gotta love: the island of De Kluut and there the tipi tents of Campspirit, even if only for 1 night (everyone survives that, right?). In the middle of Lake Veluwe, near Harderwijk, there is a small island, De Kluut. On part of that island, Campspirit does exactly what they promise: in fully and comfortably furnished, authentic tents of traditional nomadic peoples you can - oh dear - camp in relative luxury (read: no lugging around. And there are showers with hot water). For example, in the well-known Indian tepee tent or in a Yur, a nomad tent from Mongolia (like the one you have on Texel). Camp spirit

The Strange Bird, Vlaardingen
Have you always wanted to sleep in a real airplane, a large birdhouse, a giant ostrich or a gypsy wagon? It's possible at De Strange Bird in Vlaardingen! This outdoor hotel is focused on the outdoors, but how nice! – with the luxury of a hotel (made beds, heating, private sanitary facilities, extensive regional breakfast). On site, children can burn off their energy at the petting zoo with (nature) playground, in the handyman shed, on the water in a rowing boat or on the playing field. In the meantime, parents can relax in a hammock (plenty of books and magazines to borrow) or on the sunny terrace by the water. You can choose a record for the record player in your outdoor room at the LP lending center and in the shop you can shop for special items for your home. Also nice: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can bake your own pizzas or have a BBQ with herbs from your own vegetable garden. The Strange Bird

Sleeping beach houses, Zeeland
You want a summer weekend, or better yet: week, in a beach house RIGHT on the beach! The brightly colored sleeping beach houses in Zeeland are perhaps the coziest and are located on the Zeeland (= wider and much quieter than the North Holland beaches) Nollestrand near Vlissingen. Even better: the owners regularly advertise their prices via Facebook. So keep an eye out and book early - you will be happy with that later. Sleeping beach houses

De Witte Raaf, Drenthe
Hidden in Drenthe, at the end of a long, winding forest path, is this extremely cozy forest house with two double rooms, a bedroom with a queen-size bed, a children's room with a cot and a room with a single bed and, not unimportantly, for tough camping boys and girls. , more than enough space nearby to pitch a tent. There is no TV, but there is WiFi, a wood stove, fireplace, (children's) bicycles, a handcart and plenty of games, toys and birds to discover in the 6100 hectares of nature reserve in which it is located. The White Raven