Zaanse Schans is a neighborhood in Zaandam, just 20 km from Amsterdam.
It is one of the tourist attractions of the area and of Amsterdam, many visitors come here as it is a reflection of the pre-industrial past of the Netherlands. This open air museum has a collection of historical mills, most of them more than 200 years, that are still in use, as well as a good collection of historic houses and museums, it is not for nothing that it is an special point of interest on the European Route of Industrial Heritage, since it was the first industrial region in the world thanks to its 600 mills.