1
De Zaanse Schans
Park
Riverside village with traditional windmills & workshops making wooden clogs, cheese & pewter goods.
4.70 (9.1K reviews)
2
Boer Geert
Restaurant
👍👍 The best sandwiches in Zaandam! My favorite one is a hotdog with spicy chicken sausage. It’s very juicy and a bit hot.
Also I can recommend smoothie with coconut milk and mango. There are a lot of tables outside and parking slots.
$$ $$
4.70 (2.2K reviews)
3
Julianabrug
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Beautiful windmills.. Very near from Amsterdam about 20 mins. There is boat ride, windmill tour and museum.Must visit place.
4.70 (1.1K reviews)
4
The Zaansche Mill
Heritage museum
Interactive museum detailing the mill industry plus windmill mechanics & history, with scale models.
4.70 (947 reviews)
6
Lagom Café
Lunch restaurant
👍👍 Food was extraordinary good. So so yummy. Smoothies were well balanced and yummy too. The decor was amazing and the service was topnotch. Very very impressed and will go back soon to try new dishes.
$$ $$
4.70 (679 reviews)
7
Paintmill De Kat
Historical landmark
Built in 1646 as an oil mill, this windmill was rebuilt in 1782 & moved to this position in 1960.
4.70 (662 reviews)
8
Windmill De Zoeker
Mill
👍 Zaanse Schans “village” is approximately 30 minutes away from Amsterdam City. It can be reached by train from the airport or central station. There is a 10 minute walk from the station the the village.
If you visit Amsterdam i highly recommend that you take a half day trip to this quiet place and e...
4.80 (281 reviews)
9
Houtzaagmolen de Gekroonde Poelenburg
Historical landmark
👍 It’s a very nice place to visit with friends and family and also it’s a major tourist attraction while visiting Amsterdam. It gives you a bit of village fill and the understanding of the Dutch engineering history and how is they do many heavy work using wind mills. There are even farms and beautiful...
4.70 (382 reviews)
10
Restaurant Castell
Restaurant
👍👍 Really a top restaurant, we come here regularly, it is a party. My wife eats vegan and that's really great
$$ $$
4.70 (356 reviews)
11
Bacio pizza
Italian restaurant
👍👍 Had an amazing time here with delicious Italian food ❤️🇮🇹
Bruschetta and Pizza were delicious, I love that it’s coming from a large wood oven!
Menu, Music and interior are very modern and the owners make sure you’re having a great time.
The tiramisu rounded the evening well, make sure you’re getting...
4.90 (179 reviews)
12
Zaantheater
Performing arts theater
👍👍 Great theater, I like it very much. The concert building in Amsterdam was my favorite and when I change my place to Zaandam I changed also my favorite theater. It contains many halls for concerts, theater shows, music parties and many other activities. And they used some halls for companies seminars...
4.50 (1.9K reviews)
13
Goemans ice cream parlor
Ice cream shop
👍👍 The best ice cream shop not only in Zaandam but also in the whole region. It’s unbelievable delicious however it’s always difficult to have your choice fast, you want to taste it all! The staff are friendly. The place is very nice too to get a break sitting a little bit have rest from shopping. I lo...
$$ $$
4.60 (522 reviews)
15
Uitzichttoren Zaanse Schans
Vista point
👍👍 It's probably one of the best things you could do if you are in Amsterdam and you decide to take the day to explore this place and take beautiful photographs. It's great any time of the year but probably best when outwith tourists season. If it is a windy day, you would want to make sure you have...
4.70 (282 reviews)
16
The Blacksmith
Bar
👍👍 Thanks to others leaving their reviews for the Blacksmith, I had four lovely evenings here whist in Holland for the GP.
Wish I could bring this Pub & host (Justin) home with us.
We will return and in the meantime if you fancy a good beer, no banging music, local company, then head to this gem of a b...
$$ $$
4.70 (273 reviews)
18
Zaandam Time Museum
Museum
👍👍 Zaandam was beautiful. Pictures can't capture all of its beauty.
We took a taxi from Amersterdam, it cost €15 for 4 of us. It's free to enter, but there are options to climb some of the windmills for a fee. Parking is also available for a fee.
4.50 (818 reviews)
19
Het Jonge Schaap, Zaandam
Mill
👍👍 These guys were very friendly and insightful. There was such a cool vibe during their demonstration and you could tell they were experts at operating the windmill. My kids loved this experience and was well worth the ticket price
4.70 (245 reviews)
20
Zaans Museum
Heritage museum
Museum of Zaandam's social & industrial history, with art, domestic items, costumes & model ships.
4.40 (9.8K reviews)