The Netherlands 🇳🇱

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Ready to escape the Amsterdam tourist heat and want to explore the Netherlands beyond the main capital? Try these 4 alternative cities you’ll love!

Paard van marken.

You can only visit this lighthouse by foot or, traditionally Dutch, by bycicle.

— De mensen ze slapen, de wereld gaat dicht. En dan denk ik aan Brabant, want daar brandt nog licht.

Welcome to Westzaan. A small village located in Zaanstad, Noord-Holland. Beside the fact that it’s relatively a small village, Westzaan is known for it’s nature and big landscape. You can find the famous Zaanse polders here, look at the beautiful small family owned farms & watch the sunset and sunrise while sailing through the polders or just while siting by your window. Even though it’s a small village it’s really well accessible because of its many cycle paths & busstops. It’s also only 10 minutes away from the center of Zaandam and its train station.

Also characteristic for Westzaan are the houses. You either live in a authentic Amsterdam/zaanse architecture house or in a big single standing family house with a garden located at the polders. This is possible because even tho Westzaan is small, theres a lot of flat natural areas. You basically hear the birds from the farm and the lowlands chirping all day long. Westzaan is a protected village because of its nature & it’s different churches which date back to the 18th century.

In Westzaan it doesn’t matter where you are! Everywhere you look you either have a view on the lowlands & the small farms, a view on the authentic Dutch architecture styled houses or a view at the polders. Westzaan is also located only 20 minutes away from Amsterdam! So why waste so many money on a single studio apartment in Amsterdam when you can have all the space & nature in Westzaan?