Zaanse Schans Windmills and Cheese Guided Tour from Amsterdam
Overview
Available languages
3 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
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.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Multi - Lingual Guided tour
Amsterdam Canal Cruise Voucher ( if option selected)
Visit cheesefarm incl. Dutch cheese tasting
Visit clog museum (wooden shoemaker shop)
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entry fee inside windmills at Zaanse Schans
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting points
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Zaanse Schans
The windmill village 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.
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
Options
Tour in Spanish
This tour will be with a bilingual guide Spanish and English
Tour in German + CanalCruise
Tour in German + CanalCruise: This tour will be with a bilingual guide German and English. Includes open departure ticket for 1-Hour Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Tour in Spanish + CanalCruise
Plus Canal Cruise in Amsterdam: This tour will be with bilingual guide Spanish and English. Includes open departure ticket for 1-Hour Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Tour in English + CanalCruise
Extra information: This tour will be with a bilingual guide. Option includes an open departure ticket for a 1-Hour Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Tour in English
Extra information: This tour will be with a bilingual guide
Tour in German
Multilingual Tour in German: This tour will be with a bilingual guide German and English
Reviews
608 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Windmill visit
roseannt,
Aug 17, 2025
- Viator
5.00A quick visit to few windmills n local homes on Holland side worth seeing, plus animals are sweet extra
Good Contact but poor time management
Jim M,
Aug 17, 2025
- Viator
3.00The bus was 40 min late in starting. The guide was very nice and gave a bit of information. He could have filled the 20 min ride with extra historical facts. 5 minute shoe demo was very interacting as well as the 5 min cheese talk…then you are on your own to explore. The attractions at the site charge you extra to go in. We ended up paying extra to take the city bus because our group was running late.
Our tickets read 1:30,...
Samantha M,
Aug 17, 2025
- Viator
1.00Our tickets read 1:30, our taxi driver had problems trying to find the meeting place,lots of road construction, we were 5 minutes late,no one was there,and would not answer the phone number we called...NOT HAPPY AT ALL. Additionally, the meeting location that was set is a café which is permanently closed and has for sale signs in all windows.
Booked this tour and the...
Eugene P,
Aug 15, 2025
- Viator
2.00Booked this tour and the guide falsely claimed he waited 10 minutes before leaving, even though I sent him messages well within that time and no one was at the meeting point. I rebooked for the next day with a different (excellent) guide, but was charged again and denied a refund for the first booking. Poor handling of customer communication and no accountability—be cautious.
Nice half day
Suzanne R,
Aug 14, 2025
- Viator
4.00A little too fast a lot of things to see. However it was very pleasant The guide was very friendly and competent
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