Scavenger hunt in the Netherlands

Spot a Deventer Vlaamse frites cone

Find a paper cone of Belgian-style frites at a Deventer friet stand. Photograph the cone.

Spot a Deventer wall lantern

Find a wrought-iron wall lantern hanging on a Deventer heritage facade. Photograph the lamp.

Spot a Dickens reference

In December find a Dickens Festival reference (the costumed festival in the Bergkwartier, third weekend of December). Outside the season find a Dickens souvenir or photograph. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Dutch cheese stall in Haarlem

Find a cheese stall on the Grote Markt or in a shop window with Gouda wheels. Photograph the stack.

Spot a Dutch cheese wheel

Find a cheese shop window or market stall with stacked yellow Gouda or red-wax Edam wheels. Photograph the stack.

Spot a Dutch cheese wheel in Rotterdam

Find a Dutch cheese shop or market stall with stacked yellow Gouda wheels. Photograph the stack.

Spot a Dutch cheese wheel in The Hague

Find a Dutch cheese shop or market stall with Gouda wheels stacked. Photograph the stack.

Spot a Dutch cheese wheel in Utrecht

Find a cheese shop window or market stall with stacked Gouda wheels. Photograph the stack.

Spot a Dutch flag in The Hague

Find a Dutch flag flying on a Hague building, government facility or balcony. Photograph the colours.

Spot a Dutch sprinter train

Walk to Centraal Station or any track-side viewpoint and find a yellow-and-blue NS sprinter train. Photograph it pulling in or out.

Spot a Dutch upright bicycle

Find a classic Dutch omafiets or opafiets (upright step-through bicycle, often black with a basket). Photograph one parked or in motion.

Spot a Dutch upright bike in The Hague

Find a classic Dutch upright bicycle parked on a Hague street. Photograph it.

Spot a Eindhoven haring with onions

Find raw Hollandse Nieuwe herring with chopped onion at an Eindhoven haringkraam. Photograph the silver fish.

Spot a FEBO snack wall

Find a FEBO snack-bar wall of glass coin-operated doors with kroketten, frikandellen and burgers behind them. Photograph the lit-up wall.

Spot a Feyenoord shirt or flag

Find a Feyenoord (red-and-white) kit, flag or scarf on someone or in a shop. Photograph the colours.

Spot a Folkingestraat tile or sculpture

Along Folkingestraat find the small tile mosaics or sculptures commemorating its Jewish past (Synagogue facade nearby). Photograph one tile.

Spot a Frans Hals painting reference

Find a Frans Hals reference: museum poster, postcard, the painter himself in a souvenir shop. Photograph the reference.

Spot a gable hook

Find a wooden or iron hook sticking out at the top of a canal house facade, used for hoisting furniture up the narrow stairwells. Photograph it against the sky.

Spot a Girl with a Pearl Earring poster

Find a Girl with a Pearl Earring reproduction: museum-shop poster, postcard rack, café print. Photograph the famous gaze.

Spot a Glow festival light or DDW poster

In November find a Glow festival light installation. In October find a Dutch Design Week poster. Outside the season find a Philips lighting shop. Photograph the light or poster.

Spot a Groningen bitterballen plate

Find a plate of bitterballen on a Groningen café table. Photograph the line-up.

Spot a Groningen brown café

Find a Groningen bruin café (dark wood, smoke-stained, beer pumps). The Mulder or De Doelen. Photograph the interior or doorway.

Spot a Groningen canal boat

Find a tour boat on the Diepenring or A Kerkhof. Photograph the boat from a bridge.

Spot a Groningen Dutch bicycle pile

Find a pile of stacked Dutch bicycles on a square (Vismarkt or near the train station; Groningen is the bicycle city of NL). Photograph the cascade.