A trip down Dutch memory lane in Zaanse Schans

We visited this fun little village north of Amsterdam where everything is preserved the way Dutch villages used to look like. People actually live in the houses you see in those pictures. It is not a reconstruction of a village, rather it has been maintained as a cultural heritage.
It is very touristy, but well worth a visit. There is a wood shoe factory there, as well as a cheese factory, pewter shop, and several operating windmills. Good fun. I'll let the pictures speak.