Zaan
The Zaan is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs. The river was originally a side arm of the IJ bay and travels 13.5 kilometres through the municipalities of Zaanstad and Wormerland north of Amsterdam, from West-Knollendam in the north to Zaandam in the south, where it empties into the IJ.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Zaan River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zaandam Mennonite Admonition and Czar Peter House.
Zaandam Mennonite Admonition
Church
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Zaandam Mennonite Admonition is a church.
Czar Peter House
Museum
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The Czar Peter House is a historical building in Zaandam, the Netherlands. It is best known as the place where Tsar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.
Sint Bonifatiuskerk (Zaandam)
Church
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Sint Bonifatiuskerk (Zaandam) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosmolenbuurt and Zaandam.
Zaandam
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Zaandam is a medium-sized town just north of the Dutch capital Amsterdam. It is a short journey from Amsterdam. Zaandam is part of the municipality of Zaanstad in the Zaan Region.
Zaan
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Zaan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر زان”
- Asturian: “Ríu Zaan”
- Catalan: “Zaan”
- Chinese: “贊河”
- Dutch: “Zaan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر زان”
- French: “Zaan”
- Georgian: “ზანი”
- German: “Zaan”
- Italian: “Zaan”
- Korean: “잔강”
- Mingrelian: “ზანი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zaan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zaan”
- Russian: “Зан (река)”
- Russian: “Зан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaan”
- Swedish: “Zaan”
- Ukrainian: “Заан”
- Venetian: “Fiume Zaan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zaanstad and Koog aan de Zaan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Zaandam and Zaandam railway station.
North Holland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Amsterdam, Haarlem, Alkmaar, and Schiphol Airport.
Curious Streams to Discover
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zaan”. Photo: Nilkes, CC BY-SA 3.0.