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Zaanse Schans Tour: Dutch Countryside Experience
4.7
1,979 Ratings
Amsterdam
Take a 3.5-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.
Take a 3.5-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Zaanse Schans - At Zaanse Schans, your local guide will tell you everything about the sights and the history of this region.
- Zaan Tours - You will be accompanied by a local guide from Zaan Tours
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - At the wooden shoe workshop, your guide will tell you about clogs, you can see a large…
- Zaanse Schans - At Zaanse Schans, your local guide will tell you everything about the sights and the history of this region.
- Zaan Tours - You will be accompanied by a local guide from Zaan Tours
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - At the wooden shoe workshop, your guide will tell you about clogs, you can see a large variety of wooden shoes in the museum. You will also attend a live clog making demonstration. After the demonstration, you will have some free time to look around.
- Molen De Kat - We will enter this paint mill to see how pigments were made using the power of the wind. You will receive an information sheet in your language and you will be able to explore this windmill yourselves. It is possible to climb up to the platform to have the best view over the river, the countryside and Zaanse Schans.
- Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm - Visit this cheese farm where you’ll receive a presentation about cheese making. After this, you will have the time to taste a large variety of cheeses in the cheese shop
What's Included
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- As seats on this tour are restricted, all travelers should have a ticket
- This tour contains a moderate amount of walking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- As seats on this tour are restricted, all travelers should have a ticket
- This tour contains a moderate amount of walking
Location
LOT61 Amsterdam Centraal Station
Oosterdoksstraat
Meet your driver next to Amsterdam Centraal Station outside coffee store LOT61. Coffee store LOT61 is part of hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station. Your tour guide will hold an orange umbrella.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(1979 Ratings)
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Chris_l
Jul 23, 2025
This was a delightful... - This was a delightful tour to see the inner workings of a windmill, and a demo of wooden shoes and Edam cheese. Sharon was very patient even though my hubby needed extra time for the walk.
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Teodor_p
Jul 23, 2025
Memorable experience - Excellent 3 hour experience. Beautiful village, memorable experience, lots of photo opportunities, a really nice and informed tour guide.
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Sara_l
Jul 22, 2025
Our tour guide was... - Our tour guide was amazing. She was kind knowledgeable and fun. We really enjoyed the tour and content of the excursion.
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Melissa_p
Jul 22, 2025
Best tour from Amsterdam! - Fantastic experience from start to finish. Our guide Sharon was a true local and so bubbly and knowledgeable. By far the best tour we’ve done during our time in Amsterdam. Great value for money and awesome to see the windmills in action!
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Kristeen_p
Jul 22, 2025
This tour was amazing. - Our guide was so friendly and helpful. This small village is so beautiful. I loved learning the history of the windmills and clog making.
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Neeru_s
Jul 21, 2025
Great value for the money and absolutly worth doing trip! - Seriously, this tour was a total steal! The half-day trip was perfect, and we didn't feel rushed at all. Transportation was in a very comfortable minibus. But the absolute best part was our guide, Callum.
He was the real deal, sharing a ton of fascinating facts all along the way. You could tell he was so passionate about it. The highlight, though? It started pouring rain, and we all got soaked. he managed to find us umbrellas quickly by running ahead to a store and bring those. Later, Callum just walked through it all in his wooden clogs like it was nothing! A guide who can do that is a legend.
My family loved seeing the traditional windmills, cheese making, and clog making.
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Robertcraig_r
Jul 20, 2025
Great guide and tour - Beautiful place, and our guide Sharon was outstanding. Only downside was very busy, heightened by being a weekend. If possible go during the week. Overall, great tour.
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Benjamin_f
Jul 20, 2025
Perfect tour for Amsterdam - Nice to see the windmills and shops and see the craftsmanship for making clogs, cheese, sawing wood and chocolate. Just the right amount of time and info shared
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Yogi_s
Jul 23, 2025
Interesting tour. - Interesting tour of the windmill, cheese shop and the wooden shoe factory. Although we were supposed to return by 3pm, we actually returned by 2:35pm. We would have enjoyed a little more time in Zaans.
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James_m
Jul 19, 2025
I would recommend the tour to some but may not be suited to others - Was a great tour although you could very easily do this yourself for alot cheaper and allow yourself more time.
The tour guide was great, tasica I think her name was. She was informative, easy to understand and was helpful.
The reason I say you'd be better doing this yourself is because the windmill area is open to public for free, an open area museum sort of thing with individual windmills being paid. We got entry to the paint mill which was around €17.50 each (included in cost), cheese tasting (free) and clogs workshop (free).
The cost you pay is for the bus there and back plus the tour guide.
It is great if you only have a few days there and just need to be in and out.
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