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The Best Attractions In Westzaan

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Papiermolen De Schoolmeester/moulin a papier De Schoolmeester

Duinrell Amusement Park

De Hoge Veluwe National Park

Zaanse Schans

Keukenhof

Zuiderzee Museum (Zuiderzeemuseum)

Efteling

Westzaan is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem. Westzaan was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Zaanstad.In 2001, the town of Westzaan had 2130 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.34 km², and contained 834 residences. The statistical district Westzaan, which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 4580. Westzaan has the only wind powered paper mill in the world.
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The Best Attractions In Westzaan

1. Papiermolen De Schoolmeester/moulin a papier De Schoolmeester Westzaan
2. Zaanse Schans Zaandam
Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk, Netherlands. It is best known for its collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. From 1961 to 1974 old buildings from all over the Zaanstreek were relocated using lowboy trailers to the area. The Zaans Museum, established in 1994 near the first Zaanse Schans windmill, is located south of the neighbourhood. Zaanse Schans derived its name from the river Zaan and its original function as sconce against the Spanish troops during the Eighty Years' War of Dutch independence. It is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Netherlands and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage . The neighbourhood attracted approximately 1.6 million visitors in 2014. It is served by Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway...
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3. Efteling Kaatsheuvel
Efteling is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands. The attractions are based on elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore. The park was opened on May 31, 1952. It has since evolved from a nature park with a playground and a Fairytale Forest into a full-sized theme park. It now caters to both children and adults with its cultural, romantic, and nostalgic themes, in addition to its wide array of amusement rides. It is the largest theme park in the Netherlands and one of the oldest theme parks in the world. It is twice as large as the original Disneyland park in California and predates it by three years. Annually, the park has more than 5 million visitors. In 2017, it was the third most visited theme park in Europe, behind Disneylan...
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4. Keukenhof Lisse
Keukenhof , also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in Lisse, South Holland, Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of 32 hectares .Keukenhof is located in South Holland, south of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam. It is accessible by bus from the train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in an area called the Dune and Bulb Region . Keukenhof is open annually from mid-March to mid-May. The best time to view the tulips is around mid-April, depending on the weather.
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5. Zuiderzee Museum (Zuiderzeemuseum) Enkhuizen
The Zuiderzee Museum, located on Wierdijk in the historic center of Enkhuizen, is a Dutch museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region. With the closing of the Afsluitdijk on May 28, 1932, the Zuiderzee was split in two parts: the waters below the Afsluitdijk are now called the IJsselmeer, while the waters north of it are called the Waddenzee.
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6. De Hoge Veluwe National Park Hoenderloo
Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe is a Dutch national park in the province of Gelderland near the cities of Ede, Wageningen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn. It is approximately 55 square kilometers in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands. It is situated in the Veluwe, the area of the largest terminal moraine in the Netherlands. Most of the landscape of the park and the Veluwe was created during the last Ice Age. The alternating sand dune areas and heathlands may have been caused by human utilization of the surrounding lands. The park forms one of the largest continuous nature reserves in the Netherlands.
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7. Duinrell Amusement Park Wassenaar
Duinrell is an amusement park situated in Wassenaar, Netherlands. Its main character is Rick the Frog. It also contains a caravan park and a camp-site. A variety of accommodation is also available including lodges, tents and static caravans. Bike and kart hire is available. The park has its own shop. Duinrell has been critically acclaimed for its attraction park with swimming pool , which has the longest waterslides in the Netherlands. The pool is open till 22:00 on most days.The park is located on the estate of the counts Van Zuylen van Nijevelt.
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Westzaan Videos

CRAZY CYCLING IN HOLLAND | Zaanse Schans | Travel Vlog

We are taking a massive cycling ride across Holland, from little town Lisse all the way to Zaanse Schans. The way there was easy but the way back was the biggest challenge!

After 10 years of figuring out how can we earn money and travel in the same time. well an opportunity finally came around, we can now travel and work in the same time. Our next stop is Holland, where we start out trip by doing a huge cycling ride across Holland. Before going to the Capital Amsterdam, we thought that we will get ourselves warmed up by getting some bikes and going for a huge ride. But that ride ended up being harder then we thought and created a massive challenge on the way back!

We will explore streets, buildings, food while talking about the start of our Nomad life and our trip to Holland.

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S116 + N247 Amsterdam - Volendam, NL

Amsterdam city route S116 and provincial road N247 from central Amsterdam to Volendam, the Netherlands

amsterdam adventure trips

Amsterdam Adventure Trips shows seventeenth-century buildings. Joint-smoking alien sculptures. Few cities meld history with modern urban flair like Amsterdam.

You can't walk a kilometre without bumping into a masterpiece in the city. The Amsterdam Adventure of The Van Gogh Museum hangs the world's largest collection by tortured native son Vincent. A few blocks away, Vermeers, Rembrandts and other Golden Age treasures fill the gloriously restored Rijksmuseum. The Museum het Rembrandthuis offers more of Rembrandt via his etching-packed studio, while the newly doubled-in-size Stedelijk Museum pulls out Mondrian among its modern stock. And when the urge strikes for something blockbuster, the Hermitage Amsterdam delivers: the outpost of Russia's State Hermitage Museum picks from its three-million-piece home trove to mount mega exhibits.

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Crossing the Zaan River by boat, Zaanse Schans, Netherlands

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 10 kilometers through the municipality of Zaanstad (Zaan City) north of Amsterdam, from West-Knollendam in the north to Zaandam in the south, where it empties into the IJ.

The municipality of Zaanstad and several towns along the Zaan are named for the river: Koog aan de Zaan, Westzaan, Oostzaan, Zaandijk and the city of Zaandam. The river also runs past the Zaanse Schans, a village with historic windmills and houses. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Netherlands.

N260 + N261 Ring Tilburg, NL

Provincial roads N260 + N261 form the northern ring road of the city of Tilburg, the sixth largest city in the Netherlands. It was completed in 2012.

Fahrt zur Autobahn nach Amsterdam am Freitag den 25.12.2014

am Heutigen 2.Weihnachtstag hatten wir Glück mit dem Wetter.

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