Westzaan, Zaanse Schans and Wormerveer

Zaanstad, North Holland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 137446

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19.7 km
01:09 h
346 kcal
2 m

Description

Enjoy cycling between the beautiful eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings and explore the peat meadow area of De Zaanse Schans. It is one of the most beautiful parts of the Netherlands. Wooden mills, old barns, historic houses and beautiful museums take you back in time. Old Dutch crafts such as clog and cheese making are still practiced here in monumental buildings and the retail trade is thriving like never before.

Park your car in the parking lot at the beautiful Slot Assumburg and cycle from this point to two old fortresses: Fort bij Veldhuis and Fort aan den Ham. The Fort near Veldhuis is a fortress of the Defense Line of Amsterdam, built in 1893. The fort had room for about 300 troops. During the Second World War, Fort Veldhuis was used by the Germans as part of their major defenses along the west coast. After the war it served as an internment camp for Dutch collaborators. Today, the fort houses an air war museum.

The earthen walls of the Fort aan den Ham are the first part of the defenses and date from 1896, but the fort was not completed until 1903. The fort was not included in the original plans for the construction of the Defense Line of Amsterdam, but was built to protect the Amsterdam-Alkmaar railway line. The fort was only manned during the First World War. In 1956 the official protected function was lifted and the fort was used by the National Reserve as a storage facility. The fort has been open to the public since 1995 and can be visited every last Sunday in spring, summer and autumn.

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Directions

# Description Distance
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38 (1566NX, Zaanstad, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
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66 (1566DN, Zaanstad, North Holland, The Netherlands) 2.77 km
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68 (1551SC, Zaanstad, North Holland, The Netherlands) 5.00 km
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73 (1544BA, Zaanstad, North Holland, The Netherlands) 8.25 km
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73 (1509BW, Zaanstad, North Holland, The Netherlands) 8.55 km
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94 (1531MT, Wormerland, North Holland, The Netherlands) 10.87 km

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