Zaanse Schans Travel Blogs

Zaanse Schans is a 'village' located near the town of Zaandam, Noord-Holland, situated on the River Zaan. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in The Netherlands. I use the word 'village' in inverted comma's as it is actually an artificial town, designed purely for tourists. It is…

Jorge, his friend (Fer, visiting from Columbia), and I took the afternoon and went to a little village on the River Zaan. It one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Netherlands. The aftenoon was sunny and it was a perfect time to go. They met me on the Haarlemerstraat near my house. It…

There is an easy way yo see the whole Holland in just one place, I'd been there more than 6 times and I will recommend it to everyone who come to Amsterdam, you can see it just in half of day and is only 4 stops on the train, just got to central station an ask for what train goes to Zaanse Schans..…

A daytrip to Zaanse Schans, Haarlem and Zandvoort.

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Wow... these are some old old photos of my very first trip to Europe mixed with a trip with my mum for grad research. The quality is pretty bad as I've had to scan them from hard copies, but c'est la vie.

I had two leads for windmills, one was from the hostel and the other was from my guide book.  I knew I could count on my guide book for good windmills, but the other site was quite close to Amsterdam, so Ruth and I went to Zaanse Schans first. The train pulled into the little town and we got …