Zaanse Schans
The Zaanse Schans is an open air conservation area and museum, on the bank of the Zaan River, north of Zaandam in the Netherlands. It displays the traditional architecture of the area and has several functioning windmills and craftsman's workshops, which are open to visitors.Photo: Frila, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Neighborhood with 100 residents
- Description: neighbourhood of Zaandam, Netherlands
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zaans Museum and Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station.
Zaans Museum
Museum
Photo: Willemijn92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zaans Museum is a museum in Zaandam, Netherlands, located at the Zaanse Schans. It opened in 1998 to preserve and protect the heritage of the Zaan area.
Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station, until 2016 Koog-Zaandijk railway station, is a railway station in Koog aan de Zaan and Zaandijk, both neighbourhoods of the municipality of Zaandam, Netherlands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zaandam and Zaandijk.
Zaandam
Photo: Microtoerisme, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Zaandijk
Village
Zaandijk is a town in the municipality of Zaanstad, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies about 11 kilometres northwest of Amsterdam and had a population of 8,686 in 2017.
Koog aan de Zaan
Village
Koog aan de Zaan is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 11 km northwest of Amsterdam.
Zaanse Schans
- Categories: open-air museum, buurtschap, tourism, theme park, and locality
- Location: Zaanstad, Zaanstreek-Waterland, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.4749° or 52° 28′ 30″ northLongitude
4.8183° or 4° 49′ 6″ eastPopulation
100Open location code
9F46FRF9+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 177095326OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkGeoNames ID
2744115Wikidata ID
Q136661
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Zaanse Schans” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Zaanse Schans”
- Bengali: “যানস স্কান্স্”
- Catalan: “Zaanse Schans”
- Chinese: “赞瑟斯汉斯”
- Czech: “Zaanse Schans”
- Danish: “Zaanse Schans”
- Dutch: “Zaanse Schans”
- French: “Zaanse Schans”
- Galician: “Zaanse Schans”
- German: “Zaanse Schans”
- Hebrew: “זאנסה סכאנס”
- Indonesian: “Zaanse Schaans”
- Italian: “Zaanse Schans”
- Japanese: “ザーンセ・スカンス”
- Japanese: “ザーンセスカンス”
- Korean: “잔서스한스”
- Korean: “잔세스칸스”
- Luxembourgish: “Zaanse Schans”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zaanse Schans”
- Persian: “زانس سخانس”
- Persian: “زانس شانس”
- Polish: “Zaanse Schans”
- Russian: “Зансе-Сханс”
- Slovenian: “Zaanse Schans”
- Spanish: “Zaanse Schans”
- Turkish: “Zaanse Schans”
- Ukrainian: “Зансе-Сханс”
- Vietnamese: “làng Zaanse Schans”
- Vietnamese: “Zaanse Schans”
- Western Frisian: “Saanske Skâns”
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