Another symbol of the country (besides tulips and coffee shops) is undoubtedly the windmill .A lot of these buildings are located throughout the Netherlands, giving a special touch to the surrounding landscape .Often, the welfare of the Dutch villages depended on how well the mill works and, correspondingly, on the wind, thanks to which its wings rotate and the mechanism works .A place where you can get acquainted with different types of mills, their arrangement and organization of the technological process, is the village of Zanes-Schans .Many of the exhibits of this open-air museum are still working, grinding grain and churning out oil .
Tourists have a wonderful opportunity to observe how this happens. In addition, in Zansa Schans, you can go to the classic Dutch farm, where you make traditional cheese, see the various houses typical of the Dutch village, and visit the workshops where old national shoes are cut out - the klops that can also be bought here. @
Mills of Zanes-Schans
- De Huisman - mustard mill
- De Gekroonde Poelenburg - sawmill
- De Kat ("Cat") - a paint mill
- De Zoeker - oil mill
- De Bonte Hen ("Ripe Chicken") - oil mill
- Het Jonge Schaap ("Young Sheep") - sawmill
- De Os - oil mill
- Het Klaverblad ("Clover Leaf") - sawmill
and many others.
Coordinates
Most of the museum mills are open from 10 am to 5 pm. To get to the open-air museum is easy from Amsterdam by bus, train, bicycle or car. In the first case, look for bus 391, which will depart from the Central Station every hour, direction Zaanse Schans, en route 40 minutes.
By train, you need to go to Koog-Zaandijk station, on the way 17 minutes, from there to Zanes-Schans only 15 minutes on foot. For those who arrive by car, it is worthwhile to know that parking costs 7, 5 EUR for the whole day, for half an hour - only 1 EUR.
| Zanes-Schans, panorama |
| Zanes-Schans at sunset |
| Zanes-Schans |
| Mills in Zanes-Schans |