Founder and Netherlands travel advisor
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Tourism Management
Expertise:
Netherlands travel, Amsterdam, Dutch culture, trip planning, tulip season, Dutch museums
Gerrit started Hidden Holland in 2019 and has run it full time since late 2022, when a health scare pushed him to close the e-commerce business he had built.
He writes every guide on the site himself: Amsterdam planning, day trips, Dutch culture, museums and getting around. He has traveled the country end to end, from the canals of Amsterdam to Maastricht in the far south, and he returns to the places he writes about rather than working from press releases.
Alongside the guides he reviews travelers' draft itineraries, runs 1-on-1 planning calls, a membership with direct access to him, and guides private day tours for couples and families.
Gerrit holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Management and passed the Cambridge English CAE at advanced level (C1). He visits two to four Dutch museums a month, which is where most of the museum advice on this site comes from.
Hidden Holland is a Netherlands travel advisory written by a Dutch local. Gerrit started it in 2019. Read how it began: "From a critical health scare to celebrating Holland's charms".
The site covers the well-known attractions alongside places most visitors never reach, so you can travel with confidence whether you stay in Amsterdam or venture beyond. More than 35,000 travelers read it each year.
Articles are proofread by Herman Oostveen and reviewed annually to keep them current. See the editorial process.
