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Windmills
Zaanse Schans
Neighbourhood of wooden houses and industrial windmills on the banks of the Zaan, assembled from 1961 with buildings brought from across the region; access to the streets is free.
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Zaandam
In the destination Around Amsterdã.
In the photo: Igreja de São Bonifácio, Zaandam
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The city
What to expect from Zaandam.
Zaandam, the largest city in the municipality of Zaanstad, sits on the banks of the river Zaan, a few minutes by train north of Amsterdã. The region was one of the first industrial areas in Europe, powered by hundreds of windmills. Today the main attraction is the Zaanse Schans, with windmills, workshops and the Zaans Museum. In the city centre, the Czaar Peterhuisje preserves the wooden house where Czar Peter the Great stayed in 1697.
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The local experience
What to see in Zaandam
Museum
Zaans Museum
Museum of the history of the Zaan region, located within the Zaanse Schans, with costumes, painted furniture, objects from the area's major industries and the Verkade Experience, about biscuits and chocolate.
House museum
Czaar Peterhuisje
Small wooden house from 1632 where the Russian czar Peter the Great stayed in 1697 to learn shipbuilding; it is protected inside a stone pavilion.