5200 x 3466 px | 44 x 29,3 cm | 17,3 x 11,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
9. September 2013
Ort:
Zaanse Schans, Julianabrug, Leeghwaterweg, Zaandam, North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe
Weitere Informationen:
Zaanse Schans is a neighborhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk in the municipality of Zaanstad in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has a collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses; the ca. 35 houses from all over the Zaanstreek were moved to the museum area in the 1970s. The Zaans Museum, established in 1994, is located in the Zaanse Schans. The Zaanse Schans is one of the popular tourist attractions of the region and an anchor point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The neighborhood attracts approximately 900, 000 visitors every year.The windmills were built after 1574.Names of the mills on the photograph from left to right: Het Jonge Schaap ("the young sheep"), De Zoeker ("the seeker"), De Kat ("the cat"), De Gekroonde Poelenburg ("the crowned poelenburg").
