Guided Zaanse Schans, Windmills and Cheese Tour from Amsterdam

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Guided Zaanse Schans, Windmills and Cheese Tour from Amsterdam

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 US$43.92  per guest
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
Summary
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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 30 guests
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Accessibility
Stroller Accessible
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English, Spanish, German
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Family-friendly
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Discover Zaanse Schans with our guide from Amsterdam. Explore iconic windmills, learn cheese making, and see clog crafting. Enjoy Dutch culture and a free stroopwafel treat!

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Visit the beautiful windmill village Zaanse Schans. Here you will experience all that is typical Dutch in just a few hours. See the historic working windmills of Zaanse Schans and the wooden green painted houses and shops. Learn about cheese making and watch traditional craftsmen making clogs and other artifacts. A professional, experienced and friendly guide will accompany you throughout the village before you get time to further explore the village on your own.


Taste a complimentary Dutch stroopwafel during your countryside adventure.

What You Get

Visit clog museum (wooden shoemaker shop)
Amsterdam Canal Cruise Voucher ( if option selected)
Snacks
Typical Dutch Stroopwafel
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entry fee inside windmills at Zaanse Schans

Good To Know

  • If the Canal Cruise option is selected, you will receive an independent voucher at check-in. This cruise is not connected to the bus tour itinerary; it is a separate voucher valid for use at your own leisure over the following days
  • Strollers and luggage can be accommodated in the storage compartment beneath the coach bus. Please note that bringing these items is at your own risk, and the tour company assumes no liability for personal property.
  • Please note that the tour bus is parked a short walk away. After checking in, guests will take an approximate 7-minute walk with the guide to the coach boarding area.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Amsterdam

Our guide will welcome you at our meeting point. Together, you will walk to the bus, where your journey to the next destination will begin.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2

Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm

Learn how Dutch cheese is being made in a farm and of course taste some real Dutch farmer cheese!
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3

Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop

You will visit the clog museum annex wooden shoemaker shop, here you will watch traditional craftsmen at work, making clogs and other artefacts
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
4

Zaanse Schans

From Amsterdam we take you to the windmill village Zaanse Schans. Zaanse Schans is an open air museum that houses a collection of working windmills, wooden houses, barns and shops dating back to the 18th and 19th Century. All these buildings were brought here from 1961 on, bringing back to life this most prosperous period of the Zaan region.
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
5

Amsterdam

Drive from the Zaanse Schans back to Amsterdam, where your guide will drop you off.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Stationsplein 4, Stationsplein, Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Netherlands, NL, 1012 AB

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Check-in is at the white Stromma building (Stationsplein 4), a 1-min walk from Amsterdam Central's city-side exit. Look straight ahead/slightly left across the square. Search "Stromma Central Station" on Google Maps; do not follow pins pointing to a bus yard. Arrive 15 mins early.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.

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10/10 easy half-day tour from Amsterdam
September 04, 2026

Great, easy way to get from Amsterdam over to the windmill village. The tour guide also arranged the demonstrations for us so we didn’t have to wait in lines. Plenty of free time for a bit of shopp...read more

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Must do tour, you won’t be disappointed!
August 29, 2026

If you are staying at The Movenpick Hotel, the bus is about a 1/2 mile right on the harbour. We walked a mile to the meeting point across from Amsterdam Central Station, only to double back with t...read more

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Too long
August 27, 2026

I booked it because it to see the windmills and because it was only three and a half hours long but they decided to add on another site making it an extra hour and a half longer. I could have done ...read more

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Diedrich adds value to this experience
August 26, 2026

Diedrich was very nice and informative. What to see, where to go, how to make the most of your experience. We also talked about the monkey preserve in Ubud, Bali. I highly recommend Diedrich i...read more

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True Dutch Experience
August 21, 2026

We had a lovely informative guide who explained everything well. The area was a true Dutch experience. Watching the clog making, hearing about the cheese making, which included tasting about 35 dif...read more

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