How to get from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans. Neighborhood of Amsterdam

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The Zaanse Schans is amazing place. A village where mills, workshops, shops and museums are gathered from all over the country and work.

Official website (including in Russian)

This place will take you to Holland in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Here you can see how various windmills (sawmills, paint grinders, oil mills and others) work. In the village there is a museum of the region “Zaans Museum”, a museum of the first store of the Albert Heins chain and others.

You can see and even participate in demonstrations of ancient crafts - making wooden clogs, painting the famous Delft porcelain, tin smelting, cheese making. Here you can also buy beautiful traditional souvenirs.

In summer, pleasure boats depart from the pier for small cruises in the surrounding area, and also transport tourists to Zaandam, where the famous house of Peter I is located.

You can dine in several restaurants and cafes.

How to get there:

The Zaanse Schans is only 15 km from Amsterdam. Bus number 91 runs from the Central Station 2 times an hour. The right stop is St.Michaele College. Even faster by train central station in the direction of Alkmar to Koog-Zaandijk station. Be careful! high speed trains ICs do not stop at this station. You need Sprinter type trains. From the station, just 10 minutes follow the signs to the bridge, after crossing which you will find yourself at the entrance to the Zaanse Schans.

Opening hours

The Zaanse Schans is accessible at any time, but individual museums, restaurants and entertainment have their own schedule, which depends on the day of the week and season. We recommend checking the official website.

Tickets

Access to the Zaanse Schans is free, but entrance to individual museums and entertainment is paid. You can buy a Zaanse Schans Card (9.50 euros for adults, discounts for children), which gives you free access to the Zaans Museum and one of the mills, as well as many discounts.

In the three years that we have been in Belgium, we have never gone to Paris, although we live only 200 km away. From him. The Netherlands is another matter - they have already lost count of how many times they have been to the homeland of tulips. We have love with the Netherlands, yes!

You can talk for hours about why the country fascinated us so much, but more about that later ... And in this article I want to talk about one of the country's popular attractions - Zaanse Schans, where we spent last weekend.

Zaanse Schans is a small village that introduces guests to traditional Dutch crafts from the 17th and 18th centuries. And no, these are not tulips, marijuana or selling love. In colorful mills you can learn how paint, oil and mustard were made. And numerous museums will tell about the production of cheeses, klomps, cocoa, copper, soap and much more.

What to do in the Zaanse Schans

As I wrote above, there are several windmills in the village. Their visit is the main goal of most tourists. You can go inside the mills. Visitors are shown a short film about the production of a particular mill and are given a brochure describing it: how it works, what tasks it performs, and some historical information.

By the way, brochures are also available in Russian. Entrance to the mills is paid, the price is 4 €. That is, one mill = one ticket.

De Huisman - mustard mill
De Gekroonde Poelenburg - sawmill
De Kat - dye mill
De Zoeker - oil mill
Het Jonge Schaap - sawmill
De Os - oil mill
Het Klaverblad - sawmill
De Bonte Hen - oil mill
De Bleeke Dood - flour mill
De Ooievaar - oil mill

The museums in the Zaanse Schans are no less interesting. First of all, I recommend visiting the Zaan Museum, dedicated to the history of the region. I'm not a big fan of museums, but I really liked this one. The ticket price includes an audio guide, you can take it in Russian.

There are also museums:

Hours
scenery
Cocoa
Copper. Here a large number of building tools, no film, no brochures. Entrance 2 €.
Soap. It is difficult to call it a museum, rather it looks like a souvenir shop where you can buy soap. The entrance is free.
Klompov. In addition to the exhibition, a master class is held here and they tell how wooden shoes are made. In my opinion, one of the most interesting museums.

Mustard. There are few equipment for the production of mustard, the rest are souvenir or gift sets for sale. Entrance: free;
Suits. For 2 € you can take a picture in national clothes.

Cheese factory, also known as a cheese shop. There is a huge selection of Dutch cheeses and sauces for them. A nice bonus is a free tasting. Price for a small head of cheese (300 - 400 gr.) from 10 €.
Bakery

For those who like to spend their leisure time actively, there is a bicycle rental in the Zaanse Schans. The cost of the first hour is 5 €, and all subsequent hours 3 €. That is, if you take a bike for 3 hours, then its rental will cost 11 €.
There is also a guest house here. Heerlijck Slaapen op de Zaanse Schans where you can stay overnight.
There are cafes and restaurants in the village. In restaurants, prices bite, but in small cafes you can have a bite to eat quite budget. For example, a sandwich with cheese and ham costs 2.5 €. The same price for a large portion of ice cream.
Toilets are paid - 0.5 €. The machine accepts payment, so prepare 50 cent coins in advance.
The Zaanse Schans is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands. To make the most positive impressions, choose to visit a weekday and preferably in the morning.

organizational information

Entrance ticket to mills and museums costs from 2 to 4 €. 1 seat = 1 ticket. But you can also buy a complex ticket for 15 €, which gives:
- Visiting all museums, including the Zaan Museum and an audio guide in Russian;
- Entrance to one mill to choose from;
- 10% discount on the purchase of souvenirs;
- 10% discount on bike rental;
- €2.5 discount on parking;
Most mills and museums are open from 9:30 to 17:00, some from 10:00 to 16:30.
Parking is paid, its cost is fixed - 10 €. And it doesn't matter if you were in the Zaanse Schans all day or just 30 minutes.

Excursions from Amsterdam:

Keukenhof, Zaanse Schans and lookout in Amsterdam (in English).

If you are not traveling as part of an excursion group, there are three ways to get to the Zaanse Schans:

By private car. There is nothing special to write about here, we can only repeat - parking is paid, it costs 10 €. Address: Schansend 7, AW Zaandam.
By bus. From the central station in Amsterdam (platform E), bus number 391 leaves every 15 minutes to the Zaanse Schans. The journey takes 40 minutes, the fare is 5 € one way or 10 € for a ticket for the whole day. You can pay the driver for the fare.
By train. At the central station of the capital, you need to take a train to Koog-Zaandijk station. By train, it takes ≈ 15 minutes, about the same time to go from the station to the village. The fare is 3.10 €.

Zaanse Schans (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - exposure, opening hours, address, phone numbers, official website.

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Another symbol of the country (besides tulips and coffee shops) is undoubtedly the windmill. Many of these structures are located throughout the Netherlands, giving a special flavor to the surrounding landscape. Often the well-being of the Dutch villages depended on how well the mill worked and, accordingly, on the wind, thanks to which its wings spin and make the mechanism work. The place where you can get acquainted with various types of mills, their arrangement and organization of the technological process is the village of Zaanse Schans. Many of the exhibits in this museum open sky they still work, grinding grain and churning butter.

Tourists are given a wonderful opportunity to watch how this happens. In addition, in Zaanse Schans you can visit a classic Dutch farm where traditional cheese is made, see a variety of houses typical of a Dutch village, and visit workshops in which national shoes are carved using ancient methods - klomps, which you can also buy here.

Zaanse Schans

Mills of the Zaanse Schans

De Huisman - mustard mill
De Gekroonde Poelenburg - sawmill
De Kat ("Cat") - paint mill
De Zoeker - oil mill
De Bonte Hen ("Pockmarked Hen") - oil mill
Het Jonge Schaap ("Young Sheep") - sawmill
De Os - oil mill
Het Klaverblad ("Cloverleaf") – sawmill

and many others.

Coordinates

Most of the mill-museums are open from 10 am to 5 pm. Getting to the open-air museum is easy from Amsterlam by bus, train, bike or car. In the first case, look for bus 391, which will depart from the Central Station every hour, direction Zaanse Schans, 40 minutes on the way.

By train, you need to go to the Koog-Zaandijk station, on the way 17 minutes, from there to the Zaanse Schans just 15 minutes on foot. Those who arrive by car should know that parking costs 9 EUR for the whole day, for 1 hour - 3.50 EUR, 2 hours - 6 EUR. Entrance to the museum 10 EUR.

Prices on the page are for September 2018.

The Zaanse Schans is located near Amsterdam. It can be easily reached by bus, train, car or bicycle.

Bus

The Connexxion bus line 391 runs every fifteen minutes from Amsterdam Central Station to the Zaanse Schans. The duration of the trip is forty minutes. More detailed information available at www.bus391.nl.

A train

Closest to the Zaanse Schans railroad station- this is Zaandijk - Zaanse Schans (Zaandijk - Zaanse Schans). It takes seventeen minutes to get there from Amsterdam Central Station. Then you will need to walk fifteen minutes to the Zaanse Schans.

Plan your trip for public transport through the site.

You can also easily get to the Zaanse Schans by bike. A cycle path runs through the Zaanse Schans. Cycling in the narrow lanes between houses is not allowed for safety reasons. The spacious parking area offers ample space for bicycles.

From April 1 to October 1, inclusive, you can use a bicycle taxi between Kooh Zaandijk and Zaanse Schans from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 16:00. Taxis also operate on call, also during the non-tourist season, and will take you to the mills, Zaandijk and Haaldersbrook. Tel. 06-2250 3234.

Zaanse Schans: a profitable trip

The Zaanse Schans Card allows you to save nicely while traveling around the Zaanse Schans. With it you can visit several museums and workshops, and get an attractive discount in shops, restaurants and hotels. The card is valid on any day of the week.

Price:
Adults: EUR 15.00
Children (>4-7 years): EUR 10.00

Where is this card sold?
The Zaanse Schans card can be bought at the Zaan Museum Information Centre, at the Zaanse Thade, at the beginning of the Kalferringdijk or at the Weifershuis.

Cardholders are entitled to:
Free admission to the Zaan Museum
Free admission to the Weifershuis
Free entry to the cooperage workshop
Free admission to the Zaanse Teide watch museum
Discount on river trip(Windmill Cruises)
10% discount in souvenir shops, restaurants and hotels

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Zaanse Schans is a small open-air museum village near Amsterdam, which we planned to visit during our trip to the Netherlands. The originality, color and several sights characteristic of Holland at once on a small piece of land will not leave anyone indifferent. But as always, first things first

Early in the morning of the third day of our stay in Amsterdam, we rush to the station to get to the Zaanse Schans as early as possible. From Central railway station Amsterdam, every 20-30 minutes in the direction of Zaandijk Zaanse Schans, a Sprinter train leaves, which is exactly what we need. But first you need to buy tickets. To do this, there are rows of ticket vending machines in the station building on the left and right. Yes, they do not “understand” Russian, but if you know the name of the place in English, then there are no problems with the purchase travel tickets will not. So a little advice, when planning a trip to the Netherlands, write down all the places in English, so it will be easier to navigate when buying tickets. A one-way ticket to the Amsterdam Zaanse Schans costs 4.1 euros, but if you buy both ways at once, the cost is reduced by 1 euro. Only 20 minutes on the road and here we are at the station we need Koog Zaandijk. To understand that this is exactly the necessary station, you need to look at the people, most of the passengers will get off the train! Further, to get to the open-air museum, you need to go along Stationsstraat (some kind of Station Street, or something) to the T-shaped turn, turn left and go until you see a huge mill on the right, now turn right and across the bridge to the desired point .

We did not immediately go to the Zaanse Schans Museum, but moved straight to the village itself. Central Street is just amazing! Old classic houses, silence, no tourists - it was worth it! And all these houses are residential! After walking up, we went to look at the Zaanse Schans mills.

The Zaanse Schans open-air museum is located on the banks of the Zaan River. Already crossing the bridge you can see more than a dozen windmills. And they are all working! Yes, now mills are more like museum exhibits, but nevertheless, in each of the mills you can buy one or another product manufactured on this windmill. And what kind of views open here, that's why there are so many photographers here, the photos of Zaanse Schans are awesome! Entrance to most mills is paid, but it costs a penny. From 2 to 4 euros. However, there are also mills with free admission, one of them produces spices. So if you want to see how it all works, feel free to come. You can also buy souvenirs here.

In addition to mills, the Zaanse Schans also has a farm shop for the production and sale of cheese. Moreover, here you can not only buy cheese, but also taste their products, which we happily did.

She is also a landmark Zaanse Schans - a museum of klomps, a kind of symbol of Holland. Periodically, the museum shows the production process of these shoes, using the old method, the machine on which the shoes are cut either from the 18th or 19th century! You can also buy clogs here, this wonderful shoe costs from 20 to 100 euros per pair.

Having penetrated the Dutch countryside, we return to Amsterdam. And already on the way, on the train, they began to suspect that something was planned. Crowds of young men and girls dressed in red sang some songs loudly. It turns out that on this day the final of the Europa League was held, where the local team, Ajax, was just playing.

When we got off the train at the Amsterdam station, we were slightly shocked, crowds of noisy fans, and not always sober ones, flowed like a river towards the center. It turns out that giant screens were installed on the Museum Square in honor of this event, where you could watch the ups and downs of the match. Well, we are not interested in football, so we run away from the crowd, away from the center, closer to the hotel.

Along the way, we decide to try another culinary delight. local cuisine- Dutch pancakes. Thick and huge pancakes in Holland are stuffed with all sorts of fillings, it can be just pancakes with powdered sugar or honey, but pancakes are more like pizzas with a huge amount of ingredients. Satisfied and full, we decide to find a bar where we can sit and not have fans who, by the way, are everywhere! Fortunately for us, we find a bar without a screen, but with a huge selection of craft beer, after sitting in the bar for a while and drinking for this beautiful city, go to bed. After all, tomorrow we are waiting for the continuation of our tour of Holland, we are going to famous city The Hague to meet our Ira!

Is there an audio guide?

Yes, wandering around the Zaanse Schans, we saw guides, even in Russian. But most likely this organized excursions from Amsterdam, or maybe even this excursion tours by bus in Europe.
You can just walk there, it's very interesting! The main thing is that we are lucky with the weather!

For those tourists who came to the Netherlands by car or rented one, it will also be very easy to find the way to the Zaanse Schans. The Zaanse Schans open-air museum is only about 22 kilometers from the center of Amstredam. Depending on the area of residence, you need to get either to the Ringweg Nord highway or to another highway encircling Amsterdam - Einsteinweg. I would choose the first option. Then move to the junction of the intersection with the Coentunnelweg highway, and there already in a straight line to the Zaandam sign - exit to the right.

In any case, you need to use a navigator, since both routes run along the highway and it will be problematic to ask for directions.

True, the tracks in the Netherlands are so well connected to each other that even if you miss the exit, in just a few kilometers there will be an opportunity to correct the mistake, with rare exceptions.

When you wondered how to get from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans, do not forget that the station station is called Zaandijk - this is the direction you need to move by train - Amsterdam Mill Village! It will be easy to find your way at the station if you know which station to look for, there are signs and scoreboards everywhere!