What is the setting in the novel, Girl in Hyacinth Blue?

The Girl in Hyacinth Blue is set in the Netherlands. The landscape itself is a significant presence in the novel, as many of the stories are affected by the flooding there, or the farm country there.

The novel travels between the farm country and the cities of Amsterdam and Delft, and some of the characters long for places even further away, such as Paris. There is a tension between city and country, but the nostalgia flows both ways. Characters in the country long for the city, and characters in the city long for either other cities, or the country.