"Back to the 80's - The 1880's" Zaanse Schans by Imaniac

Zaanse Schans Travel Guide: 216 reviews and 628 photos

Holland at its best: Cheese & Clogs - Zaanse Schans

Mini Meeting January 2004

1, 2, 3 windmills

As part of my trip though The Netherlands I went to De Zaanse Schans to to "discover my roots". The 2 days before I went there I went to a VT meeting, and I actually got 2 VT members to come with me: Mique & Europebn.

I'm so glad we went, because it was a very fun day. I loved getting back to the old Holland, with the cheese and the clogs and the windmills. I do highly recommend this to everyone, Dutch and foreign.

VT meeting March 2004

Say Cheeeeese

Dila & El_Holandes organised a meeting in Amsterdam in teh weekend of the 13th of March. I couldn't make it for saturday, but I was there on sunday. We went to the Zaanse Schans first. That's like an open air museum where you can visit some windmills and old Dutch professions. After that we had dinnner in Amsterdam. It really was a great day.

People that attended were:

Diamonddog, Dila, El_Holandes, Irisbe, Isgevry, Isolina_it (and her boyfriend), Matim (and her husband), Peter_P, Tompt (both Tom and Gonnie) and Yumyum.

Last visit to Zaanse Schans: Mar 2004
Intro Updated Mar 18, 2004
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Comments (8)

Confucius Mar 24, 2004 at 2:09 AM Report Abuse

This is the best Zaanse Schans page I've ever seen! Good job!
MATIM Mar 21, 2004 at 10:16 AM Report Abuse

Hi, didn't know there was a separate page about the Zaanse Schans! Was even schrikken om mezelf op die foto te zien ha ha!! wist niet dat je die gemaakt had
Mique Mar 18, 2004 at 2:55 PM Report Abuse

Zo kom je er nooit.. zo kom je er erg vaak :-)
sabsi Mar 17, 2004 at 4:09 AM Report Abuse

haha love the rollerskate clogs! too bad i missed this tourist trap fun ;)
dila Mar 17, 2004 at 3:49 AM Report Abuse

nice pictures and info. it was nice to meet you again on the meeting in the zaanse schans
pieter_jan_v Mar 16, 2004 at 9:40 AM Report Abuse

Roy, je wordt een echte tourist. PJ
Gypsystravels Jan 9, 2004 at 8:09 AM Report Abuse

Okay....so I missed the cheese, the clogs and the windmills...but a good reason to return!!
nighthawk Jan 6, 2004 at 3:54 PM Report Abuse

good start to this page ... looks yall had a great day!