SmartWalk Zaanse Schans: Explore the Windmill Village Using Your Smartphone
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Experience the Zaanse Schans Windmill Village like never before with SmartWalk. Explore independently using your smartphone, earn points, and get discounts. Start your SmartWalk today!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Walk along the Zaan to see the beautiful old houses and mills in the windmill village.\nDiscover places like the old bakery museum and the weavers house and see what it’s like to live like the old dutchmen for a day.\nDiscover and even visit the old mills, some of which are still operational!\n- Zaans Museum - In this museum you can discover the Zaans heritage and even enjoy the amazing Verkade experience.\nVerkade is a well know Dutch brand for sweets and cookies.\n- Honig Breethuis - The Honig Breethuis is a museum in Zaandijk, a small village next to the Zaanse schans. It serves as a style room and shows the house on the Zaan, in which generations of the well-to-do families Honig and Breet, manufacturers of white paper, lived.\n- Museumwinkel Albert Heijn - Here you can find the very first shop of the popular supermarket chain Albert Heijn. In here you can see what the old store would have looked like\n- Museum van het Nederlandse Uurwerk - In the middle of this unique area lies Museum Zaanse Tijd, which provides a charming and informative insight into the history of the Zaan clock industry through beautiful Dutch clocks. \n- Tiemstra Coopery - At the cooperage you can see how they used to vat. All the old materials and furnishings can be seen in this cooperage.\n- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - Here you will find the largest clog shop in the Netherlands and the greatest collection of antique clogs in the world. In the clog factory demonstrations of machine-made clogs are given.\n- Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm - Henri Willig is one of the greats when it comes to making cheese. You can attend a demonstration of cheese making in the Catharina Hoeve. In the farmhouse, our employees, dressed in traditional costume, explain the cheeses of Henri Willig: from Gouda to goat’s cheese and herb cheeses.\n- Molen De Kat - Paint mill de Kat is a still fully functional mill on the Zaanse Schans. You can even go inside to look at how making the paint is done.\n- Het Jonge Schaap - Mill ‘Het Jonge Schaap’ (the young sheep) is a sawing mill where you can see the full process of sawing logs. Step inside and discover the amazing old techniques they still use today.
What's Included
What's Not Included
  • Fees for museums, mills and shops
Additional Information

Embark on a unique exploration of the Windmill Village using your Smartphone!

Introducing SmartWalk, a breakthrough initiative that lets you independently explore renowned Dutch locales!
With SmartWalk Windmill Village, you get to traverse through the Zaan area and uncover fascinating insights about its stunning houses and rich heritage, all via WhatsApp. The control is in your hands - be your own tour guide!

This tour offers not just invaluable information about each location, but also interactive quizzes where you could tally up points by giving correct answers!
Every site will have photos popping up on WhatsApp that you can conveniently save onto your phone. Now you can effortlessly share your SmartWalk moments with your loved ones! What’s more, this tour comes with discount coupons for various eateries and stores, worth €25!

The interactive SmartWalk isn’t just flexible in usage anytime, but also lets you decide your preferred timing for kick-starting the adventure!

Are you prepared to embrace the future of touring?
Kick off your SmartWalk journey now!

Location
Zaanse Schans
You can get to the Zaanse Schans by car or public transport. REMEMBER: This is a tour via WhatsApp, so it's unguided. We will not pick you up or scan your ticket. You'll have to copy the link under "Before you go" and paste it in your browser to start the SmartWalk!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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