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Windmills at Zaanse Schans – Kalverpolder loop from Heemskerk

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Heemskerk

Windmills at Zaanse Schans – Kalverpolder loop from Heemskerk

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Windmills at Zaanse Schans – Kalverpolder loop from Heemskerk

03:20

58.2km

60m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 47.1 km for 35 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.5 km

Mill 'de Schoolmeester'

Highlight • Monument

The Schoolmeester in Westzaan is the last paper mill in the world that operates on wind power. The mill is located on the dead-end old Guisweg and on the Gouw and is visible from Rijksweg 8. The mill was originally built in 1692 and is still in daily use today. Wikipedia

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13.1 km

Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The Zaanse Schans windmills are a must. Beautiful windmills.

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13.3 km

View of the Zaanse Schans windmills

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Windmills and distinctive green houses

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13.4 km

Windmills at Zaanse Schans

Highlight • Monument

Open-air museum with small green wooden houses in the typical Zaanstreek style, craftsmen (clog makers and cheese factories are worth seeing) and a whole series of industrial mills - most of which can be visited for a small fee (de Kat is recommended).

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15.4 km

American Windmill Kalverpolder

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This American windmill is located on the Kalverpolder, a well-known peat-meadow area. The polder borders the Wijde Wormer and the Zaanse Schans is located on the other side of the polder. The mill is still able to drain the entire polder but is supported by an electric pump.

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15.6 km

Kalverpolder

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Extensively used polder with many birds. The American windmill 'Hercules' on the east side is still able to drain the polder, although an electric pumping station has been built next to it for those rare days without wind. The Zaanse Schans is located on the west side of the polder.

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26.9 km

Neckermolen

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The Neckermolen was probably built in 1631. The polder mill was fitted with a mortar between 1830 and 1840 and has an old Dutch vane cross.

The mill, together with an electric pumping station, maintains the water level in the Wormer, Jisp and Neck water board.

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29.1 km

Fort aan de Middenweg

Fort

32.4 km

Zuiddijk Canal Path

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58.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.9 km

19.3 km

2.70 km

234 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

35.6 km

20.3 km

1.77 km

384 m

146 m

Elevation

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Saturday 29 August

21°C

16°C

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Windmills at Zaanse Schans – Kalverpolder loop from Heemskerk

Mill 'de Schoolmeester'

Windmill

View of the Zaanse Schans windmills

Windmills at Zaanse Schans

American Windmill Kalverpolder

Kalverpolder

Neckermolen

Zuiddijk Canal Path

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