Many will be setting sail or flying from Newcastle to Amsterdam this summer after two years of lockdowns.
Almost all coronavirus restrictions have ended in the Netherlands. Shops, bars, nightclubs, and attractions are open again.
Direct flights from Newcastle International Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol and a DFDS ferry route from Port of Tyne in North Shields to Amsterdam's port make travel between the North East and the Netherlands straightforward. But the Netherlands has much tighter Covid-19 vaccination entry requirements for British tourists than the UK does for the Dutch.