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Getting there

Tip: heritage, boat trip and shopping in one day

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The Industrial Heritage Line – the first tourist busline in The Netherlands -will take you directly from Amsterdam Central Station to the Zaanse Schans.

 

This makes it really easy for you to explore this beautiful site of industrial heritage, filled with windmills, wooden houses, the ‘polder’ landscape, the river Zaan. A trip that’s really worth it.

 

On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays you can use the Zaanhopper boat fare to the city center of Zaandam. Here you can do some shopping or take the Monet-walk along the spots he painted.

 

If that’s not a fun day out!

 

Experience the Zaanstreek by boat

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The best way to experience the Zaanstreek is by boat, because the region is almost completely accessible by water.

 

You can go for a trip down the Zaan river, with the hop on hop off Zaanhopper, or rent a kajak.

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Getting there

The Zaanstreek is only 15 minutes away from Amsterdam by car or train. That makes the region very well connected to various highways and all sorts of public transport throughout the Randstad area.

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By plane

The main Netherlands' international airport and one of the leading European hubs Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is located at only 20 minutes by car or train. This makes the Zaanstreek easily accessible for international travellers.

By train

The principal Dutch railway operator is NS. Visit their English site for tickets and information about your journey here.

 

Direct trains to Zaandam run twice every hour from Schiphol Airport. (These trains have destination Hoorn). In all other cases you can take any train with destination Amsterdam Centraal that stops at Amsterdam Sloterdijk and change there for Zaandam.

 

Zaandam is just two stops from Amsterdam Central Station. You pass through station Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Trains leave regularly 4-8 trains per hour, until 1 am.

If you are on to visit the Zaanse Schans open air museum, take the socalled 'Sprinter' train with destination Uitgeest (runs 4x per hour on weekdays, half-hourly on Saturdays and Sundays) and get off at Koog-Zaandijk railway station (4th stop). From here it is about 10 min. walk to the Zaanse Schans.

By car

Take from the northern part of the circular road of Amsterdam (Ringweg A10) the A8 to Zaanstad/Zaandam, and just follow the signs.

By bus

Connexxion bus lines 92 and 94 run at least 4x per hour to Zaandam Centre (Peperstraat Bus Station) and Zaandam Railway Station. Bus line 91 runs from Amsterdam Central station to the Zaanse Schans open air museum.