The Coentunnel (1966) is a tunnel in the A10 motorway under the North Sea Canal in western Amsterdam . The tunnel is named for the 17th-century colonizer Jan Pieterszoon Coen . The tunnel itself is 1283 metres long of which 587 metres are fully covered. The tunnel connects the Zaan district with the western part of Amsterdam. The tunnel reaches a maximum depth of 22 metres.
9-603: Before the tunnel was built, the Hem ferry and, to a lesser degree, the Schellingwouder bridge were the most important connections between Amsterdam and Zaandam , and this was a serious bottleneck for traffic. In 1959 5,800 vehicles were ferried daily and waiting times reached 45 minutes or more. In the 1950s inhabitants petitioned successfully for a tunnel under the North Sea Canal. Construction commenced in 1961 and
18-620: The Ahold Delhaize retail company, is headquartered in Zaandam. Chocolate manufacturer Verkade also hails from Zaandam. There were 6,910 business establishments in Zaandam in 2019. Football club AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) was founded in Zaandam on May 10, 1967. There are two railway stations in Zaandam: Zaandam railway station and Zaandam Kogerveld railway station . Plans exist by the province of North Holland to extend
27-656: The Amsterdam Metro to Zaandam. Zaandam Kogerveld railway station Zaandam Kogerveld is a railway station located in Zaandam , Netherlands . The station opened in 1989 on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway . The station is 2 km north of Zaandam railway station , and is in the Kogerveld neighbourhood. This station is a Zaandam suburb station. Hoornseveld and 't Kalf are two other neighbourhoods in
36-425: The municipality of Zaanstad and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan , just north of Amsterdam . The statistical district Zaandam, which encompasses both the city and the surrounding countryside, has about 76,804 residents. Zaandam was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new municipality of Zaanstad. The history of Zaandam (formerly called Saenredam ) and
45-413: The old tubes were closed for extensive renovation. It is expected that all four tubes will be available for traffic by mid-2014. 52°24′51″N 4°51′50″E / 52.41417°N 4.86389°E / 52.41417; 4.86389 Zaandam Zaandam ( Dutch pronunciation: [zaːnˈdɑm] ) is a city in the province of North Holland , Netherlands . It is the main city of
54-535: The surrounding Zaan River region (the Zaanstreek ) is intimately tied to industry. In the Dutch Golden Age , Zaandam served as a large milling centre. Thousands of windmills powered saws that processed Scandinavian wood for the shipbuilding and paper industries. A statue that commemorates this industry was commissioned from sculptor Slavomir Miletić , and the statue, De houtwerker ("The Woodworker"),
63-429: The total cost amounted to 45 million Dutch guilders. The opening of the tunnel was inaugurated on 21 June 1966 by Queen Juliana . In 2007, more than 100,000 vehicles passed through the tunnel daily, again ensuring traffic congestion. The Second Coen Tunnel has been procured under a public-private partnership structure, and construction started in the summer of 2009. On 13 May 2013, the new tubes opened for traffic and
72-526: Was installed on 20 June 2004. Zaandam is historically linked with the whaling industry. In 1697, Tsar Peter I of Russia spent some time in Zaandam, where he studied shipbuilding. He stayed in a little wooden house built in 1632 but was soon forced to leave because he attracted too much attention from the local population. He moved to Amsterdam, where he studied at one of the wharves of the Dutch East India Company . His home in Zaandam
81-718: Was preserved and turned into a museum, the Czar Peter House . A statue honoring him was placed on the nearby Dam Square in 1911, and was declared a Rijksmonument . In 1871, the impressionist painter Claude Monet lived in Zaandam for approximately half a year. During that time, he made 25 paintings of the area, including Houses on the Achterzaan , Bateaux en Hollande pres de Zaandam and A windmill at Zaandam . The first European McDonald's restaurant opened in Zaandam in 1971. The Albert Heijn supermarket chain (founded in nearby Oostzaan in 1887), now grown into
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