In the neighbourhood

In the municipality:

The Zaanse Schans is a delightful old hamlet on the banks of the river Zaan with characteristic green wooden houses, charming stylish gardens, small humpbacked bridges, tradesmen's workshops, historic windmills and engaging little shops.

This enchanting hamlet gives an excellent impression of how a typical Zaanse village must have looked like in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Apart from the cluster of windmills and houses there are also several museums, restaurants and a visitors' centre to be found as well as the possibility of taking a boat trip on the river.

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At a distance of 15 à 50 km.:

1. Amsterdam;
2. Alkmaar, Haarlem;
3. Edam, Volendam, Marken and other ancient ports of the Zuiderzee;
4. The IJsselmeer, the dikes and the polders;
5. The North Sea, the beach and the dunes;
6. Keukenhof and the bulb-fields (in spring).

A bit further:

1. National park Hoge Veluwe;
2. Gouda, The Hague, Delft;
3. The Delta-region.