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BOAT HIRE THE BICYCLE BOAT Combine biking and boating on the River Vecht with De Fietsboot (The Bicycle Boat). Starting at Nieuwersluis, the boat stops in Breukelen, Maarssen and Oud-Zuilen, and you can hop on and hop off as you please to continue by bike. 16 May-14 September, various days Rijksstraatweg 11 Nieuwersluis +31 (0)294 237 403 www.defietsboot.nl
REDERIJ WOLFRAT Discover the wonderful lakes near Amsterdam and the River Vecht with summer mansions of the rich and famous of the Golden Age along its banks. Take a guided afternoon boat trip with lunch and dinner afterwards. Oud-Loosdrechtsedijk 165 Loosdrecht +31 (0)6 2386 7785 www.rederijwolfrat.nl
THE SINGER MUSEUM LAREN Laren became one of the centres of Dutch art at the end of the 19th century. The American businessman and art lover William Henry Singer built a large mansion in the centre of Laren in 1911, which became the famous Singer Museum after the Second World War, proudly displaying the works of many of the artists of the Laren School of Painting. Oude Drift 1, Laren +31 (0)35 539 3939 www.singerlaren.nl