It is so peaceful, so different and has such simple beauty that it hardly seems real - gently gliding along small canals past old but pretty thatched-roof farmhouses.
You can turn down a "side street" (another small canal) and drift under a wooden bridge where an elderly resident may be strolling over to see a neighbor.
No this is not Venice, or Amsterdam. It is too quiet, too serene and remote. It is so calm that its nickname of the "Dutch Venice" may give a false impression of size and crowds and commercialism.