Top rated Sights & Landmarks in Zaanstad, Netherlands to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated Sights & Landmarks in Zaanstad

Experience the best that Zaanstad has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 33 places from Sights & Landmarks category.

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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) (~4.94 km from centre)

AMAZE Amsterdam

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Definitely the highlight of the attractions we visited while in Amsterdam! Stunning bar when you enter the location, with really nice and well priced cocktails, I would recommend getting there a little in advance so you can enjoy a drink before the experience starts. The staff are super friendly als...

4.70 (4.2K reviews) (~9.87 km from centre)

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) (~5.19 km from centre)

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) (~4.89 km from centre)

Indie’s Welvaren Spice Warehouse

Flavours fragrances and aroma supplier

👍👍 Great place. I recommend visiting at sunset 🤩

4.70 (169 reviews) (~4.76 km from centre)

Windmillhopper.nl

Boat tour agency

👍👍 Really nice boat tour. And the guide is very nice and gives time to translate to another language and takes very nice pictures too!

4.70 (32 reviews) (~4.76 km from centre)

Sauna Van Egmond

Sauna

👍👍 Best place ever! No tourists, we came and stayed for 3.5 hours. Full nude sauna but not creepy, very natural and relaxing. There are people of all ages and everyone is respectful. The amenities are clean and great, you feel free to walk around and enjoy everything. We had dinner at the restaurant in...

4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~9.25 km from centre)

Playground "De Veilige Haven"

Playground

👍 This is our first visit to the playground in 2023 ! We visited a few times last year and my son really enjoyed playing there. It was crowded today ( Sunday ) but there are chairs which you can take and find a good spot to sit under the sun or shade ( there are lots of trees). It's a good playground...

4.60 (401 reviews) (~8.8 km from centre)

NZH Transport Museum

Museum

👍👍 Visited the NZH Transport Museum today. What an incredibly fun experience! Beautiful old trams, buses, images and lots of information! Nice to be on buses again that I traveled with very often in my youth! What makes this museum so special are the volunteers. Lots of knowledge, enthusiastic about e...

4.60 (249 reviews) (~9.04 km from centre)

Bezoekerscentrum Cacao de Zaan

Museum

👍👍 This museum is an absolute must visit if you are going to Zaanse Schans. It's not big but you will still be able to spend there an hour of your time as there are many items, each with its own unique story. Also, you can watch the cocoa movie and enjoy the cup of a fresh made chocolate milk. The peop...

4.60 (69 reviews) (~4.28 km from centre)

Woudaap

Historical landmark

4.60 (63 reviews) (~7 km from centre)

Engelmunduskerk Velsen-Zuid

Protestant church

👍 Beautiful old church, even though it is simply furnished. The great unknown is the grave of Brederode. Once lived in the castle at Bloemendaal, which is now known as the Ruins of Brederode.

4.60 (51 reviews) (~7.06 km from centre)

Tankval

Historical landmark

👍👍 Cool, net een filmset voor een science fiction horror met al die door bliksem gekraakte witte bomen en de ijzingwekkende totale stilte die er heerst

4.60 (36 reviews) (~9.78 km from centre)

Brederode Castle

Castle

Ruins of a 13th-century brick castle built by William I van Brederode & surrounded by a moat.

4.50 (1.1K reviews) (~9.42 km from centre)

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) (~4.62 km from centre)

Wilhelminapark

Park

👍👍 Vandaag ff het waterpeil gemeten. Je hebt nu wel laarzen nodig als je in hele park een rondje wilt maken Leuk parkje. Gewoon met eenden en duiven. Soms wordt er een evenement georganiseerd. Het is (volgens mij)het enige particuliere park binnen europa. In de buurt ga eens kijken.

4.50 (207 reviews) (~4.76 km from centre)

Artisklas Haarlem

Zoo

Small, urban zoo providing a variety of animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians & more.

4.50 (183 reviews) (~9.04 km from centre)

Monet Atelier in Zaandam NL

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Nice place to see Monet art even if it's only replicas. The staff is kind and helpful to explain all the paint. They have nice postcards! Willing to come again if I'm in NL 🌿

4.50 (168 reviews) (~5.36 km from centre)

Heemtuin

Garden

👍👍 Prachtige heemtuin. Van zondag tot en met vrijdag geopend. 3e zondag van de maand activiteiten. Rondleiding met gids, theetuin. Gratis toegankelijk. In augustus alleen Sprookjestuin van zondag 21 t/m vrijdag 26 augustus bezoek de website

4.50 (129 reviews) (~5.35 km from centre)

Gardens of West

Hiking area

👍👍 After a bad experience at Het Nieuwe Bijenpark and had to write a bad review on its Google page, I much appreciated contrast with nice people met Tuinen Van West and easy access !

4.50 (97 reviews) (~9.1 km from centre)

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Top rated Sights & Landmarks in Zaanstad, Netherlands