Planning a Trip
Getting There -- Trains depart every 20 minutes from Amsterdam Centraal Station via Zaandam to Koog-Zaandijk station, from where it's a 1km (2/3-mile) walk to Zaanse Schans; trip time is 16 minutes, and a round-trip ticket is 4.70€ ($7.50). Or, take Connexxion bus 91 from outside Amsterdam Centraal Station for the 40-minute ride direct. By car from Amsterdam, take A8 north and then switch to A7/E22 north to exit 2, from where you follow the signs to Zaanse Schans.
Visitor Information -- VVV Zaanstreek/Waterland is at Gedempte Gracht 76, 1506 CJ Zaandam (tel. 075/616-2221; fax 075/670-5381; www.zaanstreekwaterland.nl), between Zaandam rail station and the center of town. The office is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:30pm and Saturday from 9am to 4pm.
Planning a Trip
Getting There -- Trains depart every 20 minutes from Amsterdam Centraal Station via Zaandam to Koog-Zaandijk station, from where it's a 1km (2/3-mile) walk to Zaanse Schans; trip time is 16 minutes, and a round-trip ticket is 4.70€ ($7.50). Or, take Connexxion bus 91 from outside Amsterdam Centraal Station for the 40-minute ride direct. By car from Amsterdam, take A8 north and then switch to A7/E22 north to exit 2, from where you follow the signs to Zaanse Schans.
Visitor Information -- VVV Zaanstreek/Waterland is at Gedempte Gracht 76, 1506 CJ Zaandam (tel. 075/616-2221; fax 075/670-5381; www.zaanstreekwaterland.nl), between Zaandam rail station and the center of town. The office is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:30pm and Saturday from 9am to 4pm.
