SmartWalk Windmill Village: Discover Zaanse Schans History

Experience the Zaanse Schans Windmill Village like never before with SmartWalk. Explore independently using your smartphone, earn points, and get discounts. Start your SmartWalk today!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Walk along the Zaan to see the beautiful old houses and mills in the windmill village.\nDiscover places like the old bakery museum and the weavers house and see what it’s like to live like the old dutchmen for a day.\nDiscover and even visit the old mills, some of which are still operational!\n- Zaans Museum - In this museum you can discover the Zaans heritage and even enjoy the amazing Verkade experience.\nVerkade is a well know Dutch brand for sweets and cookies.\n- Honig Breethuis - The Honig Breethuis is a museum in Zaandijk, a small village next to the Zaanse schans. It serves as a style room and shows the house on the Zaan, in which generations of the well-to-do families Honig and Breet, manufacturers of white paper, lived.\n- Museumwinkel Albert Heijn - Here you can find the very first shop of the popular supermarket chain Albert Heijn. In here you can see what the old store would have looked like\n- Museum van het Nederlandse Uurwerk - In the middle of this unique area lies Museum Zaanse Tijd, which provides a charming and informative insight into the history of the Zaan clock industry through beautiful Dutch clocks. \n- Tiemstra Coopery - At the cooperage you can see how they used to vat. All the old materials and furnishings can be seen in this cooperage.\n- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - Here you will find the largest clog shop in the Netherlands and the greatest collection of antique clogs in the world. In the clog factory demonstrations of machine-made clogs are given.\n- Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm - Henri Willig is one of the greats when it comes to making cheese. You can attend a demonstration of cheese making in the Catharina Hoeve. In the farmhouse, our employees, dressed in traditional costume, explain the cheeses of Henri Willig: from Gouda to goat’s cheese and herb cheeses.\n- Molen De Kat - Paint mill de Kat is a still fully functional mill on the Zaanse Schans. You can even go inside to look at how making the paint is done.\n- Het Jonge Schaap - Mill ‘Het Jonge Schaap’ (the young sheep) is a sawing mill where you can see the full process of sawing logs. Step inside and discover the amazing old techniques they still use today.
What's Included
  • Pictures and videos of the beautiful locations
  • Walking route, with interesting information and questions you can earn points with
What's Not Included
  • Fees for museums, mills and shops
Additional Information

Explore the Zaanse Schans and Old Zaandijk in a new and exciting way with your smartphone! SmartWalk will guide you through the old Dutch history of the Windmill Village with great stories and fun questions!

With SmartWalk Windmill Village you’ll walk through the Zaan region and learn about all the amazing houses and history through WhatsApp. This means you are your own guide!

With this tour you will get free discount vouchers for various restaurants and shops.

With this tour you’ll not only get information about various locations, but also questions you can answer and earn points with! At every location you’ll see photo’s appear in Whatsapp, that you can save directly on your phone! This way you can easily show your friends and family all that you’ve seen on your SmartWalk!

Not only is the SmartWalk very interactive, but also usable at any time of the day.
You decide when you would like to take a stroll and start the experience.

Location
Zaanse Schans
You can get to the Zaanse Schans by car or public transport. REMEMBER: This is a tour via WhatsApp, so it's unguided. We will not pick you up or scan your ticket. You'll have to copy the link under "Before you go" and paste it in your browser to start the SmartWalk!
Cancellation Policy

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

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Kevin_a
Jul 13, 2024
A bit outdated, but hit all the highlights - This was not the best experience overall. When I purchased the tour, it made it sound like any time was ok to go. In reality almost all the places on the tour close at 5. It's also a bit outdated as the tour provides prices per attraction, but it doesn't work that way anymore. You purchase one pass for all the attractions. I purchased the pass and then after visiting only the very first one, found out that all the rest were closed. Walking directions were not the greatest and I had to supplement at times with Google maps to figure out where to go. Overall not bad for the price, and gave some great historical information and was overall entertaining, but could've been better.
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