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That’s the question my brother – who lives in the US, but is coming to the UK in June, and wants to make a quick trip over to the Dutch capital – put to me

The Van Gogh Museum is quite simply one of the world's most enjoyable premier league art galleries.

Volcanoes - well, one up in Iceland in particular - are not exactly in favour with travellers at the moment. But when they're not causing havoc to air traffic, they can make fantastic sights.

Amsterdam is an enviably liveable city in so many ways, but what I like most about day-to-day life there is its bike friendliness - we're talking hundreds of miles of flat, car-free cycle lanes.