Ancient windmill village Zaanse Schans - Netherlands

Pee escaped today. After experiencing the ancient culture of the Netherlands at the windmill village or Zaanse Schans Zaanse Schans is considered an important tourist attraction that everyone who visits the Netherlands must visit. Because this is a village that was built by the government to promote and continue the culture, traditions, and the old way of life of the Dutch people. This windmill village still maintains its ancient architecture, such as houses in the 17th-18th century, as well as its way of life, such as food culture, cooking, and processing of traditional ingredients such as cheese. This village is divided into 1. Wooden shoe factory - This is a factory that makes ancient shoes of the Netherlands, which are wooden shoes. There is a show of carving patterns and painting shoes for travelers to visit and buy back home. 2. Cheese factory - Here, there will be demonstrations of traditional cheese making methods, storage methods, and tasting of various types of cheese. The cheese here is ranked as the best cheese in the world. 3. Museum - This museum collects the history of the creation of this village from the beginning to the present. It tells the origins of why this village was created, as well as how this village survived until today. In addition, inside the building, there is a display of products from various brands that originated in this village before becoming famous all over the world. 4. Village Zone - We will visit the way of life of the people here. What do they normally do? What jobs do the villagers do nowadays? Such as weaving, leather making, wood carving, etc. There is also an exhibition of the ancient bedrooms of the Dutch people, which are very different from the Asian way of life. Another important highlight here is visiting the giant ancient windmills that were built in the 17th-18th centuries and are still in use today. Many people may not know that here, they use windmills to reduce labor in work, such as making flour. The villagers will use the wind to turn the turbines to grind the grains into flour. Location: Zaanse Schans, Netherlands How to get there: Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zaandijk Zaase Schanse and walk for about 15 minutes. Opening hours: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Price: Depending on the zone we are going to, each point has a different entrance fee, around 10 - 30 euros. #TravelAbroad #Netherlands #WindmillVillage #PeeNeTravel #zaanseschans