Zaanse Schans Tour: Explore Dutch Heritage

Immerse yourself in Dutch culture with a Zaanse Schans tour from Amsterdam. Explore historic windmills, taste delicious cheese, and witness traditional crafts in action.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - The windmill village Zaanse Schans is an open air museum that houses a collection of working windmills, wooden houses, barns and shops dating back to the 18th and 19th Century. All these buildings were brought here from 1961 on, bringing back to life this most prosperous period of the Zaan region.
What's Included
  • Multi-lingual guided tour
  • Optional Amsterdam Canal Cruise
  • Dutch cheese tasting at a cheesefarm
  • Clog museum visit and wooden shoe demonstration
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entry fee inside windmills at Zaanse Schans
Additional Information

Come and explore the picturesque windmill village, Zaanse Schans. In a short span of time, immerse yourself in everything that represents the culture of the Dutch. Witness the functioning windmills of the Zaanse Schans and the green timbered houses and stores. Gain knowledge about the process of cheese creation and observe the traditional artisans…

Location
Stationsplein 4
Stationsplein
When you arrive at Amsterdam Central, exit through the Stations-side (city side) main entrance onto Stationsplein. You’ll see our location at Stationsplein 4, in the white Stromma building. We recommend using Google Maps for the most accurate directions
Cancellation Policy

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

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Oct 19, 2025
Great morning tour! - Rick (guide) & Theo (driver) were great. Small walk from meeting point to the bus, but it didn’t take long to get to our destination. Cheese demo & tasting as a group, and then free time to wander and investigate the windmills, small houses, shops etc. We met up again for the clog making dem o& then a bit more free time before meeting back at the bus. Rick was informative & funny and could appreciate that people wanted to wander around themselves.
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Daniel_c
Oct 10, 2025
Great short trip from Amsterdam - A nice place to visit - obviously touristy but quite beautiful and fun. Our guide (Evelyn?) was fabulous and shared a lot of knowledge about the area and Dutch culture.
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Rick_v
Oct 10, 2025
Great day trip from Amsterdam - We had a great guide and it was a fun outing. The coach was comfortable and we had plenty of time to look around.
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Edward_t
Oct 7, 2025
What a great day trip - Prepare for any type of weather but being there is fantastic Visiting the old windmill towns is worth the entire trip
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Lyndall_d
Oct 18, 2025
A good tourist experience - Very pleasant and helpful tour guide. This is a good way to see the key tourist points and get the tourist experience in a short time.
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Tina_r
Oct 19, 2025
The place itself is... - The place itself is beautiful and great to get out of the city, it is a tourist location however on our day the tourists weren’t so many, which made for a pleasant day. There was a bit of a walk to the bus which was fine for us, we did find the tourists weren’t guide felt he had to talk the whole time on the bus and repeated himself a lot. I would suggest that once the clog demonstration ( done with a lath machine not authentic clog making) is done that the group not have to wait for others to make souvenir purchases as there is free time after the cheese making demonstration.
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Gordon_b
Oct 10, 2025
We had great difficulty... - We had great difficulty hearing our guide who often left us in her wake. In the village we lost her completely. The focus of the tour was too much towards the clog and cheese factories and we were wanting far greater emphasis on windmills
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Hussam_r
Oct 10, 2025
Terrible experience. - The meeting point was impossible to find — I spent almost an hour around Amsterdam Central asking people, as the map share location was wrong. I’m not local and had no way to contact anyone. I missed the trip, lost two tickets, and they refused to refund me. Very disappointing and frustrating.
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Ingrid_g
Oct 7, 2025
Terrible. We paid the... - Terrible. We paid for the excursion in Spanish and only offered in English, of course internal process. In addition two minutes before they changed our meeting point to finally return to the point of the beginning
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Swamynathan_b
Oct 4, 2025
Dont buy their offer - Their pick up point is not a feasible one The maps location on Google and reality are 2 different places Their support sucks
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From $43
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).