EXPERIENCE TRADITIONAL HOLLAND

About the Zaanse Schans

Welcome to our village: The Zaanse Schans. Come and experience traditional Holland through our windmills, crafts, museums, restaurants, shops and typically Dutch landscapes. We are a historic living and working neighborhood, which means we actually live and work here every day. We are also a historical heritage collective that you can visit free of charge.

MILLERS, MUSEUMS AND MERCHANTS

Welcome to the Zaanse Schans

We are home to millers, museums, workshops and craft shops. When you visit us at the Zaanse Schans, you will encounter traditional crafts in typically Dutch surroundings. At the same time, we reside in authentic Zaan-style timber houses. We actually live here, just like the residents of any other village. You are most welcome to visit and experience traditional Holland among the people who still live and work here every day.

TRADITIONAL DUTCH CORDIALITY

Hospitality, open-mindedness and camaraderie

‘When you visit us at the Zaanse Schans, you will encounter traditional crafts in typically Dutch surroundings.’

In the Zaanse Schans, we still live and work in accordance with old Dutch cordiality and open-mindedness. We are a collective aimed at preserving something truly special and which we open up to visitors from all over the world in the spirit of hospitality. Together, we are the residents, millers, pewter casters, cheese makers, clogmakers and other entrepreneurs and originators you will encounter here. We work together to preserve this unique village so that as many people as possible can continue to enjoy everything it has to offer.