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Zaanstad

Windmills at Zaanse Schans – View of Broek in Waterland loop from Zaandam

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Netherlands

North Holland

Zaanstad

Windmills at Zaanse Schans – View of Broek in Waterland loop from Zaandam

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Windmills at Zaanse Schans – View of Broek in Waterland loop from Zaandam

03:46

62.6km

90m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes ferry crossings

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After 22.5 km for 46 m

After 50.1 km for 295 m

After 59.8 km for 355 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.89 km

Windmills at Zaanse Schans

Highlight • Monument

Open-air museum with small green wooden houses in the typical Zaanstreek style, craftsmen (clog makers and cheese factories are worth seeing) and a whole series of industrial mills - most of which can be visited for a small fee (de Kat is recommended).

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11.5 km

Oostzanerveld Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Part of the Natura-2000 area in Oostzaan, just like the Twiske. Sandwiched between the A7, A8 and the village of Oostzaan, it is an area that can almost only be reached by water. Or with the skate on the rare days when there is enough ice. The cows here are still taken by boat from one pasture to another by one of the few 'Vaarboeren' who still actually work like this. The current farmer is called Koeman and his boat is called the Koeman Express.

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16.2 km

Twiske Recreation Area

Highlight • Natural

Beautiful, absolutely perfectly maintained local recreation area! A place that radiates absolute peace and relaxation. A restoration directly on the water offers cooling possibilities. Clean toilets are also available in this area.

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31.7 km

View of Broek in Waterland

Highlight • Viewpoint

relax while sitting on the grass or a bench overlooking the beautiful authentic Broek in Waterland.

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41.8 km

Marshland

Highlight • Natural

42.5 km

Durgerdam and the View of Pampus

Highlight • Settlement

Which Dutch person does not know the expression 'lying in front of Pampus', being exhausted by eating or drinking a lot. Or just lying around lazily. From Durgerdam you can see the island of Pampus that lies right off the coast. This used to be a sandbank. Full ships would lie there for a while waiting for the tide to come in and they could pass the sandbank. So they were literally lying in front of Pampus.

You can see all this from the Durgerdam dike. The dike was built in the early 1400s to protect the land from the storms on the Zuiderzee. The houses are therefore safely located just behind it. In the 17th century, the inhabitants mainly worked in shipping, but when that declined a century later, they turned to (herring) fishing. That too came to an end when the Afsluitdijk was built in 1932 and the Zuiderzee became the IJsselmeer. Now it is a protected village view. In the bend of the dike lies a square building called the 'chapel'. But it is not religious. It has had very different functions and is now a residential house. It was built in 1687 after Durgerdam was almost completely burned down in a fire. Amsterdam felt so sorry for the neighboring village that it collected money through a lottery (so even then). The chapel was built from the proceeds. With a beautiful view over the water.

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45.0 km

Schellingwoude

Highlight • Settlement

In Schellingwoude, the characteristic houses are almost all along the IJ. From here you cross the Oranjesluizen on foot or by bicycle to get to Amsterdam.

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50.1 km

Free Ferry at Amsterdam Central Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Great opportunity. During the ride there is a great view of the Eye Film Museum

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52.1 km

Oude Houthaven

Lake

54.4 km

Minervahaven

Lake

62.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.3 km

14.3 km

9.88 km

676 m

279 m

210 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

30.6 km

18.6 km

11.8 km

864 m

818 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 27 June

27°C

19°C

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Windmills at Zaanse Schans – View of Broek in Waterland loop from Zaandam

Windmills at Zaanse Schans

Oostzanerveld Nature Reserve

Twiske Recreation Area

View of Broek in Waterland

Marshland

Durgerdam and the View of Pampus

Schellingwoude

Free Ferry at Amsterdam Central Station

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