Location: Zaandam
Top Things to do in Zaandam
The 10 Best Museums in Zaandam, North Holland Province
Zaandam (Dutch pronunciation: [zaːnˈdɑm] ( listen)) is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the Zaan, nearby the North Sea Canal, and it is close to Amsterdam.
Restaurants in Zaandam
1. Streets of the World Photo Museum
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
Make a world trip through all the capitals of the world seen through famous Dutch photographers Jeroen Swolfs' eyes who travelled to 195 countries to show us how much we are alike. His 2x3 meter big prints make you feel you can step right into a street in Joburg. Buenos Aires or Pyongyang. A world trip in Amsterdam!
2. Zaanse Schans
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4.5 based on 8,189 reviews
This open air museum recreates a Dutch village with wooden houses and windmills dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Reviewed By irashafran - Winter Park, United States
Best day trip and real taste of Dutch life and a most beautiful and charming small town with windmills, small shops and great old hotel.... Setting gorgeous surrounded by picturesque waterways and homes with backdrop of a massive dam .... Ingrid lives there and showed us her beautiful home
3. The Tsar Peter House
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4.5 based on 178 reviews
Reviewed By RoadTripper516 - Wilmington, United States
I was amazed at how they encapsulated this old wooden house where Tsar Peter the Great of Russia once stayed to learn shipbuilding techniques to take back to Russia. The museum guide was of Russian decent and was able to provide an endless amount of historical background. What a rich experience.
4. Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop
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4.5 based on 254 reviews
Wooden Shoe Workshop 'de Zaanse Schans' offers a museum and wooden shoe making demonstration, free admission. Open year round.
Reviewed By Lunacloud - Albrighton, United Kingdom
This is an absolutely fabulous and very informative museum depicting the history of Clog making, with a collection of antique klompen from around the Netherlands and also the world (look for the Japanese lacquered klompen) I particularly liked the horse klompen. Seriously! Who knew horses wore klompen? After looking at the many different styles of klompen, we were treated to a fascinating demonstration lasting about five minutes showing the modern way of making a klompen from the wooden poplar log to a full shaped klomp. The wood is still wet and once the klomp had been formed, the demonstrator blew into it and water actually ran out. Before modern techniques were implemented, the making of a klomp could take take 4+hours. Following on from the demonstration was the shop, full of klompen. Had I not already visited a gift shop only a couple of hours earlier, I probably would have spent quite a lot on money on klompen and klompen-related gifts.
5. De Bonte Hen
6. Het HEM
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By 550camillah - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's worth the trip out here to Het Hem. Just because of the historical element is reason enough. But, after getting on the ferry, having a little look at the latest curated exhibition and then getting a snack at the cafe, everything is right with the world. There is music and stuff for kids, a great reading table and a view of merchant barges. What's not to like?
7. Zaans Museum
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4.0 based on 460 reviews
In the Zaans Museum & Verkade Experience you will always find something exciting to do. Visit our chocolate and biscuit factory and discover how Verkade biscuits and chocolate were made and admire our magnificent collection of packagings, graphic designs, paintings, photographs, films, Zaans painted furniture and utensils.On a regular base we organize activities for the whole family. Lectures, films, workshops and tasty activities like building cookie-factories using Verkade biscuit, make edible postcards, or get started with real Verkade chocolate!Besides the activity program we offer several investigative routes, you can design a wrapper for a chocolate bar, and of course taste the different Verkade Cookies . With the serious games you can test whether you 're just as agile as a Verkademeisje, or that you still have more talent for baking cookies .With the serious games on the factory square you become an engineer, planner, operator, technician or designer and will be introduced to the variety of technical occupations in the food sector.
Reviewed By aghyba - Cypress, United States
A great museum of the Dutch Industrial contribution of Zaans Schans region with the windmills in the region. Surprised on the cookie “Maria”, famous in Mexico my home country, made there. Had a great experience and recommended highly!
8. Museum van het Nederlandse Uurwerk
9. Stichting Albert Heijn Erfgoed
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4.0 based on 3 reviews
10. Museum of Humanity
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
On March 23 2019 the Museum of Humanity in Zaandam (near Amsterdam) has been opened. The museum is all about the beauty and dignity of humanity and consists of hundreds of portraits of people from all over the world. The museum is initiated by Ruben Timman. He started portraying people from all over the world as a response to a dream he got in 2001.
