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Zaanse Schans Windmills Half Day Trip
★4.5(19,979 verified GetYourGuide reviews)Price and rating checked 7 August 2026· 5.5 hours49 travellers viewed this in the last hour
Step into a picture-perfect Dutch landscape at Zaanse Schans, where working windmills, traditional wooden houses, and craft workshops preserve 18th and 19th-century Dutch life. You see the windmills up close, watch a clog-making demonstration powered by an antique steam engine, and taste Dutch cheese at a cheese-making demonstration. The day continues to the fishing villages of Volendam and Marken, with a 30-minute boat trip between the two on the all-inclusive option.
What makes this tour
See the working windmills of Zaanse Schans up close
Clog-making demonstration with an antique steam engine
Cheese-making demonstration and tasting
Visit the fishing villages of Volendam and Marken
Live guide in English and Spanish
Boat trip between Volendam and Marken on the all-inclusive option
What's included
- Transport by luxury air-conditioned bus with audio guide
- Live guide in English and Spanish
- Visit to the windmills of Zaanse Schans
- Clog-making demonstration with an antique steam engine
- Cheese-making demonstration and tasting
- Visits to the fishing villages of Volendam and Marken
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