Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans with Cheese Tasting & Clog Factory
Description
Highlights
Watch how Gouda cheese is made, then have a tasting session
See windmills from across the Zaan region that date back to the 18th and 19th centuries
Visit a clog makers and learn more about the traditional wooden shoe
Admire the elegant houses of the rich merchants and windmill owners
Learn how the windmills were used in the production of cocoa powder and oil for food
Taste the typical cheese of Holland at a dairy farm
Full description
Join a guided tour from Amsterdam to visit the windmill village of Zaanse Schans which is an open-air museum housing working windmills, wooden houses, barns, and shops dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Enjoy live commentary from your guide, a clog workshop and a cheese-making demonstration.
Meet your guide and driver at a central meeting point just across from Central Station in Amsterdam. Settle in for a comfortable, air-conditioned ride on a single deck bus that will take you to your destination in just 20 minutes.
Upon arrival in the village, follow your guide for an orientation tour of the village. Visit the clog museum for a live wooden shoemaking workshop. Then, taste some Dutch farmer cheese on the cheese farm.
Get a sense of Zaanse Schans' prosperity from the 18th and 19th centuries in the windmill village. Alongside windmills and barns, see houses that were originally built as homes for rich windmill owners and merchants.
Admire their colorful facades painted in traditional hues of green, beige, and light blue.
Finally, it is time to further explore the village on your own. Before you set off, take insider tips from your guide and learn about the region's local history and culture. At the end of the tour, hop back on the bus for your return journey to Amsterdam.
Good to know
Includes
Transportation by air-conditioned bus
Guided walk at Zaanse Schans
Wooden shoe workshop at the clog museum
Cheese-making demonstration on a farm
Live commentary on board
Not suitable for
People with mobility impairments
Wheelchair users
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Meeting point
Meet at This is Holland – Overhoeksplein 51, opposite central station. How to get there: A free shuttle ferry to Buiksloterweg runs 24/7 from Amsterdam Central Station to the north shore of the river IJ - the journey time is 3 minutes. Embark via the two middle pontoons. On disembarking, turn left. It’s a 2-minute walk to This Is Holland.