Zaandam ( Dutch pronunciation: [zaːnˈdɑm] ) is a city in the province of North Holland , Netherlands . It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan , just north of Amsterdam .
12-546: 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 the surrounding Zaan River region (the Zaanstreek ) is intimately tied to industry. In the Dutch Golden Age , Zaandam served as
24-537: 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"), 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
36-568: 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 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,
48-564: 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
60-579: The Amsterdam Metro to Zaandam. Zaanstreek The Zaan ( Dutch pronunciation: [zaːn] ) is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs. The river was originally a side arm of the IJ bay and travels 13.5 kilometers (8½ miles) through the municipalities of Zaanstad ("Zaan City") and Wormerland north of Amsterdam , from West-Knollendam in
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96-465: The Zaan district. The dialect spoken in the Zaan area is known as Zaans . It has some similarities with the West Frisian dialect. French impressionist painter Claude Monet stayed in Zaandam in the summer of 1871 and produced a series of 24 paintings of the Zaan district, writing to his friend Camille Pissarro that, "there is enough here to paint for an entire lifetime." Monet returned to
108-470: 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
120-420: The north to Zaandam in the south, where it empties into the IJ . The municipality of Zaanstad and several towns along the Zaan are named for the river: Koog aan de Zaan , Westzaan , Oostzaan , Zaandijk and the city of Zaandam . The river also runs past Zaanse Schans , a village with historic windmills and houses. It ranks among the top tourist destinations in the Netherlands. The region through which
132-487: The production of paper. By the mid-17th century, approximately 900 windmills could be found along the river, some of them still preserved, particularly in the Zaanse Schans neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk. The Zaan district continues to be a heavily industrialized area with many factories, particularly around the city of Zaandam . A number of major Dutch companies, like Ahold and Verkade , were founded in
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#1732765883379144-695: The river runs is called the Zaan district ( Dutch : Zaanstreek [ˈzaːnstreːk] ). It comprises the municipalities of Zaanstad, Oostzaan, and most of Wormerland . During the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century, the Zaan district was dotted with windmills with a variety of functions and it is often considered to be one of the world's first industrialized areas. Joining an already considerable number of flour mills were, for example, from 1592 "wood mills" for sawing wood, from 1600 "hemp mills" for extracting fibers from flax and hemp, from 1601 oil mills for crushing oil-bearing seeds and "paint mills" producing dyes and paint, and shortly after paper mills for
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