There are miniatures of all major buildings in the Netherlands, from ancient castles with moats to contemporary glass and chrome office complexes. Also represented are Gothic cathedrals with tiny stained-glass windows, rural farmhouses mixed with suburban sprawl, and apartment buildings on narrow urban streets. There is even an offshore oil rig, an inner harbor, a football stadium, and an electricity plant all with some sort of mechanism to depict them in action.
Follow the path marked on the scaled-down streets, and you will not miss any part of Madurodam.
The attention to detail is phenomenal and everything works. The miniature automobiles run on the highways, trains glide on rails, ships sail, speedboats zoom, and airplanes taxi on the runways! Even the landscaping uses a lot of bonsai and dwarf species to enhance the look and feel. Madurodam is open late into the night, and after dark, is decked with thousands of tiny lights.