Windmill park Zaanse Schans attracts most foreign tourists

Windmills and bikes at Zaanse Schans. Photo: Murdockcrc via Wikimedia Commons
Windmills and bikes at Zaanse Schans. Photo: Murdockcrc via Wikimedia Commons

The Zaanse Schans windmill and museum park in Noord-Holland province was the most popular attraction with foreign tourists in the Netherlands last year, according to new tourist board figures quoted by broadcaster Nos.

In total, over 1.6 million people visited the location, which has seven working industrial windmills and several little museums, craft shops and other attractions.

Second on the foreign tourist hit list was the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, followed by the Anne Frank house, the Rijksmuseum and a canal boat tour.

Including Dutch tourists out for the day, the Efteling amusement park in Kaatsheuvel was the most popular attraction, with almost 4.7 million visitors.

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