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Zaanse Schans Netherlands

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Marken I Netherlands

Zaanse Schans The Netherlands

Sunset view over the harbour and the "Hoofdtoren" in the town of Hoorn, north of Amsterdam.

Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It has a collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. From 1961 to 1974 old buildings from all over the Zaanstreek (NL) were relocated using lowboy trailers to the area. The Zaanse Schans is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Netherlands and an anchor point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The neighbourhood attracted approximately 1.6 million visitors in 2014.

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Enhuizen harbour, The Netherlands.

Left: Drommedaris, a defence work built in its current form around 1650.

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drommedaris_(Enkhuizen)

Center: Zuiderkerk. Built in the 16th century.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderkerk_(Enkhuizen)

IJsselmeer Iake The Netherlands

IJsselmeer Lake I The Netherlands

Stokkenbrug Purmerend I Netherlands

IJsselmeer Lake I Netherlands

Between Clouds and Sky

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Zaanse Schans Netherlands

Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk in the municipality of Zaanstad in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has a collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. The Zaanse Schans is one of the popular tourist attractions of the region and an anchor point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

Just after Sunset

Last one of the horse in the frozen IJsselmeer

The Drommedaris is a 16C city gate to the town of Enkhuizen.

Dutch Windmills I Schermer

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IJsselmeer I Edam

Memorial on the Dutch Coast at the beach of Petten.

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Enkhuizen I Netherlands

Beemster Flower Field I Netherlands

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Schellinkhout I Netherlands

just after sunset, natural reflection

Aerial shot

Het Paard Marken I Netherlands

The Catharina Hoeve is an authentic 17th-century cheese farm, situated at the Zaanse Schans, close to Amsterdam. The Zaanse Schans is a popular tourist attraction for good reason: its historical wooden houses, warehouses and fully-operating windmills offer a true taste of 'Old Holland'.

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Netherlands

Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It has a collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. From 1961 to 1974 old buildings from all over the Zaanstreek (NL) were relocated using lowboy trailers to the area. The Zaanse Schans is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Netherlands and an anchor point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The neighbourhood attracted approximately 1.6 million visitors in 2014.

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Lighthouse Marken I Netherlands

Edam I Netherlands

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Beemster I Netherlands

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Enkhuizen I Netherlands

The Waag I Alkmaar Netherlands

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Beemster I Netherlands

Waagplein Alkmaar I The Netherlands

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