Zaan walking

Koog aan de Zaan (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːx aːn də ˈzaːn]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 11 km northwest of Amsterdam.Koog aan de Zaan was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was created.

Zaandam is the main railway station of Zaandam, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is at the junction of the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway and the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway.

A8ernA is a public space in Koog aan de Zaan, Zaanstad, the Netherlands. The urban renewal project cost 2,700,000€ and was a Joint Winner of the 2006 European Prize for Urban Public Space.

Koog aan de Zaan (until 2016 Koog Bloemwijk) is a railway station in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands. Koog aan de Zaan was opened on 1 November 1869, on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway between Zaandam and Uitgeest. The station had a rectangular station building, from 1956 to 1986.

De Held Jozua (English: The Hero Joshua) is a paltrok mill in Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. As all Dutch paltrok mills it is a windpowered sawmill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 40094.

Zaandijk (Dutch pronunciation: [zaːnˈdɛi̯k]) is a town in the municipality of Zaanstad, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) northwest of Amsterdam and had a population of 8,686 in 2017.