million, in 2017 – 2.2 million. Zaanse Schans derived its name from the river Zaan and its original function as sconce (schans in Dutch) against the Spanish...
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Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station, until 2016 Koog-Zaandijk railway station, is a railway station in Koog aan de Zaan and Zaandijk, both neighbourhoods...
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De Gekroonde Poelenburg (redirect from De Gekroonde Poelenburg, Zaanse Schans)
mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 40093. It is located at the Zaanse Schans in a group of several historic industrial windmills. The history of...
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addition, the entire group of separate museums and windmills in the rural Zaanse Schans area, northwest of Amsterdam, attracted 2,200,000 tourists in 2017....
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Oostzaan, Zaandijk and the city of Zaandam. The river also runs past Zaanse Schans, a village with historic windmills and houses. It ranks among the top...
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[ˈzaːns myˈzeːjʏm]) is a museum in Zaandam, Netherlands, located at the Zaanse Schans. It opened in 1998 to preserve and protect the heritage of the Zaan...
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Several more or less intact sconces remain in the Netherlands. The Zaanse Schans, one of the top tourist locations in the Netherlands, derived its name...
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octagonal mill at the Zaanse Schans in the Zaanstad, and currently makes mustard. 'De Huisman' has been located on the Zaanse Schans since 1955, next to...
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Zoeker (The Seeker) is the name of an oil windmill, located in the Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad. Its purpose is to press seeds such as linseed and rapeseed...
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are known for their concentration of windmills, including Kinderdijk, Zaanse Schans, and Schiedam, home to the tallest windmill in the world. Tjaskers,...
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