Zaanstreek-Waterland
Zaanstreek-Waterland is a showcase of every stereotype one would expect from the Netherlands: dikes, windmills, flowers and wooden houses dot its flat rural lands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Purmerend and Beemster.
Purmerend
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Purmerend is a city close to Amsterdam, Netherlands. It's one of the largest towns in the Zaanstreek-Waterland region and many of its 80.000 inhabitants work in the nearby capital.
Beemster
Beemster is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmills between 1609 and 1612.
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.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Edam and Volendam.
Edam
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Edam is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. Its main claim to international fame is Edam cheese. Edam is part of the Zaanstreek-Waterland.
Volendam
Volendam is a fishing village in North Holland, 20 km north of Amsterdam. Sometimes called "the pearl of the Zuiderzee", this place is a highly popular tourist destination.
Marken
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Marken is a village in Zaanstreek-Waterland, North Holland, Netherlands. It is known for its characteristic wooden houses and traditional costumes. It's a peninsula in the IJsselmeer lake, but connected to the mainland by a causeway.
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.
Monnickendam
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Monnickendam is a town in the Zaanstreek-Waterland region in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
Broek in Waterland
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Broek in Waterland is a village in the Zaanstreek-Waterland, in the Dutch province North Holland. It is known for its lovely, typically old-Dutch atmosphere and wooden houses in soft colours.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wadway Theaterchurch and Station Wognum-Nibbixwoud.
Wadway Theaterchurch
Theater building
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Wadway Theaterchurch is a theater building.
Station Wognum-Nibbixwoud
Railway station
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Station Wognum-Nibbixwoud is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Opmeer Municipality and Wognum.
Opmeer Municipality
Village
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Opmeer is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
Wognum
Village
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Wognum is a former municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Wognum received city rights in 1392 but lost them in 1426.
Abbekerk
Village
Abbekerk is a small city in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 9 km north of Hoorn.
Zaanstreek-Waterland
- Type: Area
- Description: region in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Zaanstreek”
- Category: region
- Location: North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Venetian—“Zaanstreek-Waterland” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Zaanstreek”
- Chinese: “赞河地区”
- Dutch: “Zaanstreek”
- Esperanto: “Zaanstreek”
- Esperanto: “Zanregiono”
- French: “Région du Zaan”
- French: “Zaanstreek”
- German: “Zaanstreek”
- Italian: “Zaanstreek-Waterland”
- Italian: “Zaanstreek”
- Ukrainian: “Занстрек”
- Venetian: “Zaanstreek”
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