South America's only Dutch-speaking country (English is also common) is a low-key, multicultural eco-wonder with virgin rainforests and a small but growing tourist industry, including some swell Caribbean beaches, golfing, resorts, and the UNESCO World Heritage historic district of its capital, Paramaribo.

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An introduction to Suriname, and 6 spots not to miss

UNESCO An anomaly in South America, the continent´s only country where Dutch is spoken, and it’s also one of the continent’s smallest and least visited—roughly the size of the U.S. state of Georgia and a bit more than England and Wales put together — with a population of 630,000. Most Surinamese live along the Atlantic Ocean coast, especially in the capital Paramaribo, and the interior consists of vast Amazonian rainforest, sparsely populated and even roadless in many areas. The region was…

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A travel blogger's overview of Suriname

  I've always been supercurious to visit Suriname, South America's only Dutch-speaking country, and of course Miamian travel blogger David Hoffman (DavidsBeenHere.com) beat me to it. So here's one of his videos about this interesting little enclave on the continent's north coast. I think you'll learn a thing or two!!    

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  • Riccardo R October 9, 2023 at 3:55pm
    I´m very interested in travel to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and so it caught my eye that on UNESCO´s latest list of 43 new sites for 2023 it included a place in north of this country called the Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery. This is a settlement founded by European Jews in the 1680s, includes the ruins of what they think is the the earliest synagogue in the Americas, along with cemeteries, boat landing areas, and a military post. The Cassipora Creek Cemetery, meanwhile, is the remnant of an older settlement founded in the 1650s. You learn something new every day! https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1680
    Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery
    Located on the densely forested banks of the Suriname River, the Jodensavanne Archaeological Site in northern Suriname is a serial property that illu…
  • David Paul Appell August 14, 2023 at 4:56pm
    To go a little more in depth re Paramaribo, I recommend this piece from travel blogger/vlogger David Hoffman (whom I know from when we were both living in Miami); it´s several years old but a lot of it still holds true: https://davidsbeenhere.com/2019/10/28/top-15-things-to-see-and-do-i...
    Top 15 Things to See and Do in Paramaribo, Suriname
    An in-depth look at the top 15 things to see and do in Paramaribo, Suriname, including its street markets, restaurants, wildlife, accommodations, and…
  • Jeffrey Kunst November 8, 2022 at 11:40am
    Here's a pretty cool video on U.S.-based YouTube channel Travel Spots highlighting 10 of the top ten spots to visit in this country - many of them nature-oriented, of course, but several historical/cultural: https://youtu.be/iCLqwYQRMrk
  • José Balido March 7, 2022 at 9:45am
    Here's an interesting piece published recently by the English-language site DutchNews.nl involving a young Rotterdam man's discovery of and writing a novel about his Surinamese heritage, and a central part of that includes winti, which is a Surinamese religion of elemental spirits and ancestor worship developed by slaves brought over from West Africa beginning in the 17th century: https://www.dutchnews.nl/books/a-mystical-journey-to-suriname-and-t...
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