Delft

Blue pottery and the Golden Age

Delft is a compact canal town with a lively market square, the city where Vermeer painted and the home of the famous blue-and-white Delftware.

What to see

Direct trains from Amsterdam take about an hour; from The Hague it's only 15 minutes.

All year. Thursday is market day, and the town is lovely and quiet on weekday mornings.

Canals, museums and village life in the city

Working windmills, clogs and cheese

Fishing villages on the old Zuiderzee