Fietsen in de Zaanstreek

An active day?

Cosy village centres, unique nature reserves and unusual buildings: explore the Zaan region
by bike!

Exploring new routes? The Zaanstreek has enough water and greenery to do so actively. Peat meadow and industry, village and town, new and old architecture. The historical ribbon settlements along river De Zaan have polders as backyard with water-rich landscapes and valuable peat meadow nature. You will discover it all by bike!

Industrial red
Industrial red

Cycle past ports, monuments and the forgotten weapons factory.
Molenroute
Molenroute

Cycle past the heroes of the Golden Age!
Babel cycling route
Babel cycling route

A route along pearls of Zaanish architecture and urbanism.
Around the North
Around the North

Ontdek met deze route de mooie omgeving van de Zaanse Schans!
Northern greenery
Northern greenery

Industrial heritage route through the north of our region.
Picturesque landscape
Picturesque landscape

Discover the Zaanse landscape that has inspired artists for centuries.

Cycling past whispering windmills

The mills in the Zaan region have stories to tell! Follow writer Roos Schlikker on her cycling tour of the Secret Society of Whispering Mills through North Holland.

From 19 May, the Zaan windmills De Koker, De Schoolmeester and the Twiskemolen will tell about the past, present and future of the North Holland landscape in a podcast.

To the Whispering Mills route