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Rembrandt and Van Gogh, popular mills, the Red Light District and the canals of Amsterdam, The Hague, the stately, large dams that protect the country from the sea and next-generation architecture and design are the usual attractions of any visit to the Netherlands.

But there is a more surprising and hidden worth exploring. Netherlands a different and fun where you can make an excursion in a genuine Italian gondola in an incomparable setting, the canals of Utrecht, or an amphibious bus ride along the river Meuse, near the Renaissance and modern Rotterdam, through an amazing journey for inside the human body in Corpus.

Then the visitor can enjoy lunch in an authentic natural greenhouse Amsterdam has its own garden and learn about the amazing story of the bag or cocktails in the style of Tom Cruise.

These are just some examples that could be hidden treasures of a multicultural Holland in Amsterdam which remains its main tourism related.

Behind the front of the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, the two big galleries that attract hundreds of thousands of tourists annually, opened a year ago the House of Bols, a center dedicated to interactive hipermoderno Lucas Bols and producing company alcoholic beverages is 400 years old.

The world of cocktails is a surprise for which he enters for the first time. This is not a museum or a winery or a bar, but the visitor can see, touch and smell the spices, herbs and, ultimately, the ingredients of the drinks.

You can even dare to distinguish the aromas of 36 spray bottles that give off any odor (melon, strawberry, Peppermint, mint, fruit of love) and finish preparing the visit enjoyed in its own cocktail bar mirrors.

The final icing on the most adventurous is to emulate Tom Cruise himself in his popular movie Cocktail throwing bottles into the air and pouring its contents into the glasses in a year juggling improvised. They are then filmed in a small room flairbooth digital movie to remember that this feat can be sent to friends or family.

If one is not satisfied with the aromas of the broker-dealer, you can try the pies. At number 10, and Ferdinand Bolstraat bolting a sympathetic Dutch Siemon de Jong, has created cakes eighteen years as a stunning success.

Siemon says that his works especially chocolate and apple, a favorite of his players in public are all kinds of celebrations such as weddings, birthdays and births. Indeed, in its local supercoloreado Center, De Taart van mijn Tante (The tart of my aunt), with bed and breakfast in the annex, we are surprised with a large cake dedicated to a Gypsy Flamenco is very close to another baby bears, proving that anything is possible for him and his team. Siemon prepared between 30 and 40 large pies a month (for about 50 people per piece) and its price is 500 euros.

Just need a little walk on foot to reach the Museum of Bags and purses. It is managed since 2007 Sigrid A. Ivo in the beautiful building number 573 Canal Knights (Herengracht).

We are in a unique museum which reviews the history of the bag since the seventeenth century to the present day with over 3,500 original examples. Sigrid continues a family tradition that began Hendrik his grandmother, a true collector of different topics, and when she bought in Norwich (England) a beautiful piece of leather and tortoiseshell German, dated 1820, which was used to start his passion for handbags and its history. Today we continue to acquire some fifty bags a year to increase the collection says Sigrid, the Metropolitan in New York has made several mentions of our museum and we have already made several exhibitions in Sweden and Italy.

Given such a universe of models, visitors - especially women, are attracted almost equally by both historical pieces of the final stage of the Middle Ages as the original design of the best known contemporary signatures that are present in the museum: Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Gucci, Hermes, Channel, Donna Karan.

The visit did not disappoint, as well inside the palace, which contains original paintings of the seventeenth century, offers excellent views of the channel's most elegant Amsterdam.