Enkhuizen Heerhugowaard Bus Station Hoorn Centrum Bus stop OLD Public Transport Map G 314 Alkmaar Railway HOLLAND Bicycle route 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 km Amsterdam Area map & day trips 314 9 Visitor Centres & Highlights a I amsterdam Visitor Centre Only e 30 mins from S Central Station or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Beemster iamsterdam.com/area h t A VVV I-point Wormer (zaans.nl) r De Rijp Graft-De Rijp o B VVV Edam (vvv-edam.nl) N 305 C VVV Volendam (vvv-volendam.nl) Alkmaarder- Middenbeemster D VVV Monnickendam (vvvwaterland.nl) VVV Middenbeemster meer 305 E De Buurt M E (laagholland.com) F VVV Purmerend (laagholland.com) 314 a G VVV Alkmaar (vvvalkmaar.nl) 305 The Zaanstore F rk H (zaans.nl) *only during summer e Highlights 817* Uitgeest Busstation Edam r Industrial Wall, Wormer Purmerend Overwhere m Zaandam City Centre 110 314 316 817* Purmerend *only during summer e Czar Peter House 110 e Zaanse Schans Tramplein Korenstraat 817* B r www.iamsterdam.com/area 110 110 316 Zaans Museum 307 817* 110 305 Station 314 De Kraai Pancake Restaurant A 817* Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Zaandam Volendam Centrum Wormer C MonetAtelier Wormer, Nieuweweg 316 Alida Hoeve Cheese Farm 67 Purmerend Weidevenne 307 817* Wormerveer Volendam Jacobs Hoeve Cheese Farm 110 316 817* 817* *only during summer Alkmaar Cheese Market 15 *only during summer min Marinapark Zuiderzee Museum Museum Steamtram Hoorn-Medemblik Zaanse Schans 13 314 Station Zaandijk Zaanse Schans 305 Fort Resort Beemster 316 D 67 391 817* 891* 307 Zaanferry (ferry service) *only during summer 15 Marken Oud Zaandijk 391 12 Monnickendam Broek in Waterland Zaandam 55 Marken Centrum Zaanstreek Kogerveld Monnickendam Het 315 Overleek Tea Garden 17 Twiske Swaensborch 16 Zaandam H 315 Broek in Waterland 392 Landsmeer Station Zaandam 394 1 Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket (ARTT) Spaarnwoude 391 20 EXPLORE 67 392 394 392 *only during summer 314 Get out of Amsterdam with the ARTT, which grants you 394 891* 37 315 41 316 unlimited travel on the city’s public transportation and beyond. THE FAMOUS 392 From flower auctions and windmills to beaches and medieval castles, ARTT is the easiest and most economical way to explore 36 everything the greater Amsterdam Area has to offer! Pick yours CITY CENTRE up at an I amsterdam Visitor Centre, participating public 391 Noord transport company ticket counter or selected hotel or campsite. OF ZAANDAM 394 M52 307 315 392 (Don’t forget to check in and out whenever you get on or off a Haarlem train, tram, metro or bus!) Amsterdam-Noord By train from Amsterdam Central ARTT tickets are valid on any bus, tram, metro and train services offered Amsterdam Almere by GVB, Connexxion, EBS and NS (including night buses) from 00:00 until Sloterdijk 04:00 the following day. 1-day tickets are €19.50, 2-day tickets €28 and Station to Zaandam Station 5 IJmeer 3-day tickets €36.50. in only 12 minutes. Amsterdam Central Station IJzijde Find more information and a map of all included routes on: 305 314 316 391 394 891* iamsterdam.com/area Amsterdam City M52 *only during summer /VISITORS Pampus AM-OldHolland.indd 1 Explore Amsterdam Waterland Industrial Heritage 1/24/19 16:34 TRAVEL WITH THE AMSTERDAM Half day by bus, full day by bike Half day or full day Did you know that the ‘real’ Netherlands – a landscape full Travel upriver, and back through time, to explore the glories & REGION of windmills, dykes, boats and cows – is just a short bus or of Amsterdam’s industrial past. Highlights include the bike ride from Amsterdam? beautifully preserved Zaanse Schans area as well as TRAVEL revamped former factories along the river banks. START at Amsterdam Central Station. If travelling by bus, buy TICKET your Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket at the I amsterdam START behind Amsterdam Central Station. Take the Zaanferry by bus, tram, metro & train Visitor Centre in front of the station. Take bus 312, 314 or 315 to (zaanferry.com) from pier 14 to Wormerveer (the crossing is free Dorp, Broek in Waterland. with your I amsterdam City Card). BIKE if you’re feeling adventurous! Rent a bicycle at Central STEP OFF at the Hembrugterrein, Amsterdam’s historic weapon Station, then take the ferry behind the station to Buiksloterweg. depot. This abandoned industrial area is now roaring back to life From there, follow the white bicycle signs along the dyke and with cool little shops, an indoor food market, galleries and a through the countryside to Broek in Waterland (45-60 minutes). museum. STROLL around the charming village of Broek in Waterland, full HOP ON the boat again and travel north along the Zaan river, of restored wooden houses that were home to wealthy passing historical merchant homes, food factories and Every merchants and seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Enjoy a abandoned industrial sites such as the impressive former Friday morning traditional Dutch pancake at the atmospheric De Witte Swaen Verkade chocolate factory. from restaurant in the village. 10:00 – 13:00 If you are travelling by bus, you can either return to Amsterdam VISIT the Zaanse Schans (free with your I amsterdam City Card), or take a short ride to historic Monnickendam (bus 315). If by a perfectly preserved glimpse into Dutch history with its wooden bike, navigate to Monnickendam using cycleamsterdam.com (15 houses, windmills, warehouses and workshops. Attend a minutes). cheese-making demonstration, watch clog makers at work, and Alkmaar - oldest cheese market, visit a traditional windmill. FLOAT through Waterland’s unique watery landscape, just outside Amsterdam inspiration to Golden Age painters such as Rembrandt and REFUEL with traditional Dutch pancakes at De Kraai pancake Great photo opportunities with cheese, Ruisdael, in a silent, electrically-propelled ‘whisper boat’. Boats restaurant. This rustic restaurant has both a cosy interior and a traditional cheese girls and bearers. Evening can be rented at Overleek Tea Garden in Monnickendam. sunny terrace where you can feast on the famous 29-centimetre pancakes with loads of tasty toppings. markets also available during the peak season. DINE beside the water with high tea, homemade cakes and fresh sandwiches at the Overleek Tea Garden. RETURN by ferry or bus 391 back to Amsterdam Central Station. WWW.VISITALKMAAR.COM The Zaanferry has a bar and snacks to revive weary travellers. Industrial Harbour Amsterdam Heritage Villages Waterland With green meadows, traditional farmhouses In the 17th century, and two UNESCO some 600 windmills World Heritage Sites, were built in the Zaan The former Zuiderzee Amsterdam Waterland region. Today, this area boasts many historic offers an abundance of is a magnificent piece harbour towns and activities for anyone of perfectly preserved picturesque old fishing who enjoys the industrial heritage. villages. outdoors. Around the Zaan Inntel Hotels & Claude Monet A Taste of the Past Marken Edam Broek in Waterland & Purmerend See Waterland from the Water Alkmaar & World‘s Oldest Cheese Market The name says it all: Waterland has a lot of water. What better way to discover this area than, yes, from the water? The charming Overleek Tea Garden rents out silent electrically propelled ‘whisper boats’. Another option is to book a canoe tour with Wetlands Safari. Paddling slowly through this unique watery landscape, which inspired Golden Age painters such as During the 1600s, wood was sawn, and sails and ropes were Rembrandt and Ruisdael, you’ll see numerous water and woven in the windmills of the Zaan region. The strategic Strategically located at the edge of the former Zuiderzee, the songbirds. Where possible, you’ll step out of the canoe to walk location, on the water and in close proximity to Amsterdam, scenic towns and villages of Edam, Volendam, Marken and among the reeds. An expert English-speaking guide will inform saw the area flourish during the Golden Age. The 11-kilometre Monnickendam were once dedicated to two things: fishing and you about the local wildlife. waterfront of the Zaan river connects some 75 vintage trading. When the Zuiderzee was drained and became the wetlandssafari.nl industrial buildings, including windmills and the vast Industrial fresh-water IJsselmeer, the area changed dramatically. Wall at Wormer. It makes for a surprisingly beautiful view from Fortunately, the authentic character of each of these places has the river. At the start of the Zaan river is the Czar Peter House been preserved. A visit here is like travelling back in time. De – one of the oldest wooden houses in the Netherlands – where Simonehoeve, Alida Hoeve and Jacobs Hoeve are traditional The Real Netherlands Peter the Great spent a week learning the craft of shipbuilding cheese farms that keep the old-fashioned Dutch craft of Surrounded by fields, Broek in Waterland’s rural setting belies in 1697. Nowadays it’s open to the public. The city of ‘Zaandam is quite remarkable,’ wrote Claude Monet, ‘and cheese-making alive, with staff demonstrating their artisan skills. its strong links with the Netherlands’ maritime past. But in the Zaandam itself is a lovely place to spend a few hours. there is enough to paint for a lifetime.’ Indeed, the region does laagholland.com 17th and 18th centuries, the village was the home of many seem to have inspired him: during his short stay here in 1871, Edam is one of the Netherlands’ best-kept secrets. In the 14th successful ship owners, captains and merchants. Their wealth TIP: Free entrance to the Czar Peter House and Molenmuseum Koog Monet created 25 paintings. But what would Monet have and 15th centuries, the fortress town was one of the country’s made it one of the most prosperous villages in the area.