Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Zaandam, Netherlands

Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk, Netherlands. It is best known for its collection of windmills and wooden houses that were relocated here from the wider region north of Amsterdam for preservation. From 1961 to 1974, old buildings from all over the region known as the Zaanstreek were relocated using lowboy trailers to the Zaanse Schans. Two of the windmills in the Zaanse Schans are preserved in their original site where they were first constructed, and therefore don't make up part of the relocated structures. The Zaans Museum, established in 1994, near the first Zaanse Schans windmill, is located south of the neighbourhood. This architectural reserve for Zaanse timber construction is a protected village scene because of its architectural-historical and landscape value. It developed into an international tourist destination with several million visitors every year: in 2016, there were 1.8 million, in 2017 – 2.2 million.

Wikipedia: Zaanse Schans (EN), Website

Museum Zaanse Tijd is a clock museum located in the Zaanse Schans in the municipality of Zaanstad in North Holland. The collection consists of Zaan and Dutch clocks, timepieces and watches. Special attention is paid to the Zaan clock from the Golden Age, which has been popular in several periods since then. The museum is housed in a 17th-century monumental sailcloth weaver's house, brought over from Assendelft, furnished with period rooms.

Wikipedia: Museum Zaanse Tijd (NL), Website

The Ooijevaar is an oil mill located directly south of the Zaanse Schans in the municipality of Zaanstad.

Wikipedia: De Ooijevaar (NL)

De Bleeke Dood, also known as De Dood, is one of the two remaining flour mills in the Zaan region. The windmill is located in Zaandijk diagonally opposite the Zaanse Schans, on the corner of Guisweg and Lagedijk. This windmill on the Zaan is the oldest surviving wooden windmill in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: De Bleeke Dood (NL)

The Koogerpark, originally the "Kooger Wandelpark", is a small park in Koog aan de Zaan in the municipality of Zaanstad in the Dutch province of North Holland. The park was laid out in 1926 on the site of the paper mill "De Jonge Zwaan", which was demolished in 1855. The House with the Iron Bridge on the site was moved to a spot west of the park where it has been home to the Mill Museum since 1928.

Wikipedia: Koogerpark (NL), Website

The Pink is an oil mill on the Pinkstraat in Koog aan de Zaan, municipality of Zaanstad.

Wikipedia: Het Pink (NL)