Dutch glory: the Zaanse Schans. Established in 1963, the Zaanse Schans is a historic Zaan neighbourhood in the municipality of Zaanstad with national monumental wooden buildings and industrial mills from the Zaan region relocated there. Over time, it has been complemented by several cultural history museums, craft shops and restaurants.
On the Zaanse Schans you will find a replica of the very first Albert Heijn grocery shop in Oostzaan, the left-hand building in this picture, since 1967.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…