Zaanse Schans: The Best Destination for Marken Day Trips

There are a lot of places that you can include in Marken Day Trips. Marken is a peninsula of Netherlands which is located in the municipality of Waterland. This place used to be an island, but tons of earth was used to connect Marken to the rest of Waterland. This town is famous for its interesting wooden houses as well as its locals dressing up in traditional costumes. Although traveling within Marken is already interesting enough, there are also other places surrounding the town that are great places to visit, and one of them is the town of Zaanse Schans.

Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans is a town which is 50 kilometers away from Marken. To get to this town, you need to ride the water express from Marken to Volendam and ride the bus or a car to get to Zaanse Schans. The travel time will take you about two hours to get to the town from Marken. This town is famous for its wonderful Dutch windmills, which are located along the sea. They will remind you of the stories in fairy tale books.

Activities in Zaanse Schans

You can also visit the many museums that abound the entire area of Zaanse Schans, such as the house of the Tsar Peter in Zaandam. Moreover, this place has a large windmill museum, which is located in Koog aan de Zaan.