A village of green wooden houses and working windmills on the Zaan river, just north of Amsterdam, gathered here from around the region. You can visit mills that still grind spices, make paint pigments and saw wood, as well as a clog workshop and a cheese farm.
The village is free to enter; mills and museums charge. It's 20 minutes by train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zaandijk Zaanse Schans. It's very busy with coach tours in the middle of the day.
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