Location: Zaandam
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What to do and see in Zaandam, North Holland Province: The Best Historic Sites
Zaandam (Dutch pronunciation: [zaːnˈdɑm] ( listen)) is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the Zaan, nearby the North Sea Canal, and it is close to Amsterdam.
Restaurants in Zaandam
1. Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop
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4.5 based on 254 reviews
Wooden Shoe Workshop 'de Zaanse Schans' offers a museum and wooden shoe making demonstration, free admission. Open year round.
Reviewed By Lunacloud - Albrighton, United Kingdom
This is an absolutely fabulous and very informative museum depicting the history of Clog making, with a collection of antique klompen from around the Netherlands and also the world (look for the Japanese lacquered klompen) I particularly liked the horse klompen. Seriously! Who knew horses wore klompen? After looking at the many different styles of klompen, we were treated to a fascinating demonstration lasting about five minutes showing the modern way of making a klompen from the wooden poplar log to a full shaped klomp. The wood is still wet and once the klomp had been formed, the demonstrator blew into it and water actually ran out. Before modern techniques were implemented, the making of a klomp could take take 4+hours. Following on from the demonstration was the shop, full of klompen. Had I not already visited a gift shop only a couple of hours earlier, I probably would have spent quite a lot on money on klompen and klompen-related gifts.
2. Het Jonge Schaap
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4.5 based on 168 reviews
Reviewed By taniushasrb
Very nice experience!enjoyed it so much it was a lot of wind that day The photo tells everything!Look at the wooden shoes of the owner :he told me he allready got used with them even.
3. Windmillamsterdam
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4.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By vidyar126 - Bengaluru, India
The tour of windmill farm was booked by our tour agency, we were on a visit to Amsterdam during our honeymoon. Luckily we had got a break from the rains and wind...and we could roam around the farm freely. There are 5 major windmills which are working. One of them is free and the others charge for entry. You also have a wooden shoe making factory which has a live demo and an exhibit of various types of wooden shoes. You also can buy them if you like ! There is also a cheese factory which has various kinds of gauda cheese available for sale. A demo is also shown on the cheese making process. Apart from cheese, you also can buy organic mayo, honey etc... The farm is also a beautiful place to take pictures and enjoy with your loved ones. I would recommend to set aside 2 to 3 hours for the visit.
