Discover the icon of the Dutch landscape: the windmill Experience the shaking of the windmill in the wooden cap of the mill, enter the rooms and see how the miller and his family succeeded to gain a sober living in the windmill.

Three 17th century windmills in line symbolize the Dutch struggle between man, wind, water and land in a real Dutch polder landscape.

The Zuiderzee Museum is an interactive museum for each and everyone.

Going north we will drive to the old fisherman’s town of Enkhuizen where the history, the current situation and the future of this area can be see in the open-air section of the Zuider zee Museum. In 1932 the Enclosure dam (Afsluitdijk) created a large inland sea by closing off the former Zuiderzee from the North sea. 130 historical buildings were allocated a spot in the open-air section of the museum. This outdoor museum covers 15 acres and accommodates authentic buildings from the former Zuiderzee region, such as a church, a fish-curing shed, a mill, a cheese warehouse, shops and dwelling houses from the surrounding fishing villages.

Please click on a photo to enlargeThere are demonstrations of historical crafts from everyday life at the beginning of the previous century. A number of presentations offer a modern interpretation of traditional crafts, materials and themes. Besides the temporary exhibitions, the indoor museum in the monumental Peperhuis (Pepper House, 1625) also has the largest collection of wooden ships in the Netherlands. These historical wooden ships belong to the most extraordinary items in the museum’s collection.

Owing to my academic training at the University of Amsterdam and my experience as an educator, literature study, on-site research and excursions I have gained an advanced command of the geography of the Netherlands and in particular the Dutch’ continuous fight against the water.

Organising tours in the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries for foreign tourists, foreign students and business visitors I am used to deal with tourists from English-language countries and Russia. I also provide taxi transport for adults and groups of children. , for example airport transfers by minibus.
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