Traditional Crafts and Shops
Traditional Crafts
Dutch traditional crafts are still in daily practice at the Zaanse Schans. With its historical atmosphere appropriate surroundings, what better place is there to see time-honoured skills as making wooden shoes, cheese or pewter. There are craftsmen still at work in the windmills at the Zaanse Schans demonstrating ingenious, centuries-old techniques. The possibility of witnessing the ancient production of oil, making pigments for paint, or wood being windmill-sawn is an unforgettable experience. Daily demonstrations take place in authentic Dutch barns and picturesque windmills. The Pewter Foundry is situated in a charming teahouse.
The Wooden Shoe Workshop, the Zaanse Schans
Cheese Farm 'De Catherina Hoeve'
Pewter Foundry 'De Tinkoepel'
Opening times
Traditional Crafts
Dutch traditional crafts are still in daily practice at the Zaanse Schans. With its historical atmosphere appropriate surroundings, what better place is there to see time-honoured skills as making wooden shoes, cheese or pewter. There are craftsmen still at work in the windmills at the Zaanse Schans demonstrating ingenious, centuries-old techniques. The possibility of witnessing the ancient production of oil, making pigments for paint, or wood being windmill-sawn is an unforgettable experience. Daily demonstrations take place in authentic Dutch barns and picturesque windmills. The Pewter Foundry is situated in a charming teahouse.
The Wooden Shoe Workshop, the Zaanse Schans
Cheese Farm 'De Catherina Hoeve'
Pewter Foundry 'De Tinkoepel'
Opening times
