4.5Zaanse Schans(8.446 reviews) - A visit to the Netherlands is not complete without visiting the windmills Spent 2-3 hours Speciality Museums
Be transported back to the 18th and 19th-century Dutch countryside in this residential neighborhood. Zaanse Schans is full of old wooden windmills and houses, some of which were relocated here for preservation. It was actually the first industrial zone in the Netherlands, and the windmills were used for all sorts of things, like grinding spices and producing paint. Today, it's a popular tourist destination where you can explore quaint museums and traditional shops or take a guided tour of the district on foot, boat, or bicycle. Zaanse Schans is a popular day trip option from Amsterdam. – TripadvisorSee more..
4.0Zaans Museum(470 reviews) - Zaans Museum Review Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums
In the Zaans Museum & Verkade Experience you will always find something exciting to do. Visit our chocolate and biscuit factory and discover how Verkade biscuits and chocolate were made and admire our magnificent collection of packagings, graphic designs, paintings, photographs, films, Zaans painted furniture and utensils.On a regular base we organize activities for the whole family. Lectures, films, workshops and tasty activities like building cookie-factories using Verkade biscuit, make edible postcards, or get started with real Verkade chocolate!Besides the activity program we offer several investigative routes, you can design a wrapper for a chocolate bar, and of course taste the different Verkade Cookies . With the serious games you can test whether you 're just as agile as a Verkademeisje, or that you still have more talent for baking cookies .With the serious games on the factory square you become an engineer, planner, operator, technician or designer and will be introduced to the variety of technical occupations in the food sector.See more..
Wooden Shoe Workshop 'de Zaanse Schans' offers a museum and wooden shoe making demonstration, free admission. Open year round.See more..
4.5The Tsar Peter House(184 reviews) - Oldest Wooden House in Zaandam....and Holland Speciality Museums
I was amazed at how they encapsulated this old wooden house where Tsar Peter the Great of Russia once stayed to learn shipbuilding techniques to take back to Russia. The museum guide was of Russian decent and was able to provide an endless amount of historical background. What a rich experience.See more..
4.5De Bonte Hen(42 reviews) - Amazing Working Windmill Monday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Speciality Museums • History Museums
A lovely way to escape Amsterdam city to see all the windmills of Zan Schanse. De Bonte Hen was my faovourite one of them all. Very interesting history. Worth the visit.See more..
Interesting small grocery and general store founded by Albert Heijn (of the supermarket chain) showing how it all started; an Zaanse Schans in Zaandijk.See more..
4.0Molenmuseum(21 reviews) - A beautiful little museum, dedicated to the Zaanse windmill heritage Monday: Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums
4 Centuries of windmill history Irrespective of when you start or end your visit to the Zaanse Schans with a visit to the mill museum, it is equally inspiring. The interactive exposition tentalizes, makes you wonder and challenges all the way down. It is all about trade, culture, and wealth. But also about hard labour, poverty, and social development. One of the gems is a huge, 11 meter-wide panoramic painting, showing all the windmills in the eastern part of Zaandam around 1800. And there is a dizzling interactive maquette, displaying 1,100 windmills in the Zaanstreek. Opinionated virtual guides travel with you throughout the museum and will comment and explain as you go. Flora, fauna, and a cup of coffee From the museum’s top floor you may enjoy temporary exhibitions and movies. And it gives you a breath-taking view over the scenery. Along the way you will pick up some nice to knows about the surrounding flora and fauna. While enjoying a tasteful cup of coffee or more.See more..
4.5Het HEM(6 reviews) - Another lovely Saturday of art and food! Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • Art Museums
It's worth the trip out here to Het Hem. Just because of the historical element is reason enough. But, after getting on the ferry, having a little look at the latest curated exhibition and then getting a snack at the cafe, everything is right with the world. There is music and stuff for kids, a great reading table and a view of merchant barges. What's not to like?See more..
