Zaanse Schans Windmills and Cheese Guided Tour from Amsterdam

Name: Zaanse Schans Windmills and Cheese Guided Tour from Amsterdam
Start: 2025-11-07T11:30:00.000+03:00
End: 2025-11-07T14:30:00.000+03:00
Location: Amsterdam

Experience the best of typical Dutch culture on a half-day tour to Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam. With a knowledgeable guide, observe traditional cheese-making processes and taste some real Dutch farmer cheese; marvel at the exterior of a working windmill; try on some authentic wooden clogs for size; and admire the quaint and colorful architecture of Zaanse Schans village before returning to Amsterdam by comfortable coach. Gain fascinating insight into the unique culture of the Netherlands on this educational tour. If option selected, the tour includes an open departure ticket for a 1-hour Amsterdam Canal Cruise.

Meeting point: De Ruijterkade 105, 1011 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands

On map

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

Group size up to 60 persons

Children allowed

English

Mobile ticket

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

What is included in activity

Multi - Lingual Guided tour

Visit clog museum (wooden shoemaker shop)

Visit cheesefarm incl. Dutch cheese tasting

Amsterdam Canal Cruise Voucher

What is not included

Hotel pickup and drop off

Food and drinks

Entry fee inside windmills at Zaanse Schans

Details

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.

Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop
You will visit the clog museum annex wooden shoemaker shop, here you will watch traditional craftsmen at work, making clogs and other artefacts

Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm
Learn how Dutch cheese is being made in a farm and of course taste some real Dutch farmer cheese!

Prins Hendrikkade 25 (Pass By)

If option selected, the tour includes an open departure ticket to the popular Amsterdam Canal Cruise. Ticket is given during check-in of the tour

The Amsterdam canal cruise passes by all of Amsterdam's famous attractions.

is canal tour starts at the very heart of the city, right near Central Station. From here each cruise takes a different path through the city, depending on the amount of traffic on the canals and the size of the boat. Sights you will definitely see include the World Heritage-listed 17th-century canals and the cities iconic architecture. Enjoy the sights along the most famous of the waterways, the Herengracht, Keizersgracht & Prinsengracht.

As you travel through Amsterdam's neighbourhoods, such as the Jordaan, the Nine Streets or the Pijp, you might see sights like the Amstel river which gave the city its name, the Anne Frank House and the iconic Skinny bridge. The tour is significantly enriched by an audio tour in 19 languages and observations from the captain.