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The Zaan windmills at the end of the bike routeDimiTalen · CC0

What to do · Zaanse Schans

By e-bike from Amsterdam along dykes and polders

Bike · 1 day · A guided electric-bike route that crosses the IJ by ferry and reaches the Zaanse Schans through the countryside. From €56.68.

InformationFrom €56 per person
From
€56 per person
Duration
5 h
Season
All year
Who it's for
Adults and teenagers used to cycling

A different way to arrive: by electric bike from Amsterdam, with a guide. The MacBike route crosses the IJ by ferry, leaves the city to the north and follows dykes and canals between polders and green wooden houses to the windmills of the Zaan, where there is time to visit before returning. It is a full day, from €56.68 with the electric bike included. With a headwind, you will be glad of the battery.

With teenagers

Who runs it

Directions See all of Zaanse Schans

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

Round off the plan

Where to eat, where to stay and what else to do

To eat nearby

The wooden De Kraai building among green houses at the Zaanse Schans© Restaurant De Kraai

De Kraai restaurant

Restaurant · Zaandam · €€€€

What to order: an apple and bacon pannenkoek; if you have the Zaanse Schans Ticket, show it for the 10% discount.

The restaurant house seen from the other bank of the Zaan, with a moored boat© De Hoop op d'Swarte Walvis

De Hoop op d'Swarte Walvis

Restaurant · Zaandam · €€€€

What to order: the midday meal on the river terrace, looking at the windmills.

To stay nearby

The hotel façade, made of stacked green and blue Zaan houses© Inntel Hotels Amsterdam ZaandamHotel

Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Zaandam

Provincialeweg 102 · Façade of stacked Zaan houses · Pool and wellness

Why we like it: A four-star hotel beside Zaandam station, with a façade of almost seventy stacked green Zaan houses, a swimming pool and a restaurant.

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The De Hoop op d'Swarte Walvis house beside the Zaan© De Hoop op d'Swarte WalvisSmall hotel

De Hoop op d'Swarte Walvis rooms

Kalverringdijk 15 · On the windmill dyke · House of 1717

Why we like it: The Kalverringdijk restaurant rents rooms in its merchant's house of 1717: sleep on the site itself, with the windmills beside you.

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