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Zaanse Schans

by Gwenster on Feb.04, 2010, under Photography

There’s alot of interesting stuff in the history of my country such as the 80 year war with Spain, mastering water to create new land and use it as a force of industry. These days you can still find alot of history in Zaandam a small city on the border of Amsterdam seperated only by a few bridges. Having “been there done” that extensivly in the past (and whilst showing friends from abroad) i haven’t really went to the old parts of Zaandam like the world famous “Zaanse schans” area to see the 200 year old windmills, which to this date are still producing products like Mustard or Mayonaise.

Because I was showing an acquiantance from Russia around,made a pretty good excuse to go there again for the sightseeing aspect. It’s been well over 9 years since the last time I’ve set foot in Zaanse Schans; whilst it’s no more than 10 minutes away by car for me. Silly huh ?
Luckily the massive amounts of snow that my country was plagued with has finally vanished under the mighty rays of the sun, tough it was still very much windy and chilly, but despite that I did manage to take a few snapshots.