Zaanstad
Zaanstad is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of in.
Topography
Population centres
The municipality of Zaanstad is a conurbation consisting of the cities, towns and villages of: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam and Zaandijk. However, being surrounded by countryside and due to its relatively protracted shape that follows the river Zaan, a rural atmosphere is always nearby.Railway stations in Zaanstad
- Koog aan de Zaan railway station
- Krommenie-Assendelft railway station
- Wormerveer railway station
- Zaandam railway station
- Zaandam Kogerveld railway station
- Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station
Local government
Notable tourist attractions
- Zaans Museum
- Zaanse Schans
- Czar Peter House
- Gedempte Gracht, a shopping street in Zaandam
Notable people from Zaanstad
The arts
- Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
- Anton Mauve, realist painter, leading member of the Hague School
- Jan Verkade, post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter
- Piet Zwart, graphic designer, industrial designer and typographer
- Dick Laan, children's writer and film pioneer
- Aafje Heynis, contralto
- Piet Kee, organist and composer
- Han Bennink, jazz drummer and percussionist
- Kathinka Pasveer, flautist
Public thinking & public service
- Adriaan Pelt, journalist, international civil servant and diplomat
- Johannes Kleiman, resident who helped hide Anne Frank and her family
- Hanneke Ippisch, member of the Dutch resistance in World War II
- Tom Viezee, Christian minister and former politician, Mayor of Zeewolde 1999–2004
- Emine Bozkurt, politician
Science & business
- Pieter Bleeker, medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
- Christiaan Eijkman, physician and professor of physiology, joint winner the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins
- Cornelis Zwikker, scientist, mostly in physics, chemistry and acoustics
- E. G. van de Stadt, yacht designer
- Simon de Wit, rower and CEO of the supermarket chain Simon de Wit
- Gerrit Jan Heijn, businessman with Ahold, kidnapped and murdered
- Floris Takens, mathematician
Sport
- Jaap Boot, athlete, bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Jaap Kraaier, flatwater canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Nicolaas Tates, canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Mieke Jaapies, sprint canoer, silver medallist in the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Cees Stam, a former track cyclist and four-time world champion stayer
- Toos Beumer, swimmer, team bronze medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Johnny Rep, former footballer
- Annemarie Sanders, an equestrian, silver medallist in the Team Dressage 1992 Summer Olympics
- Luc Nijholt, football manager and a former player
- Erwin Koeman, retired footballer
- Ronald Koeman, retired footballer and ex-manager of the Barcelona since 2020.
- Wietse van Alten, an archer, bronze medallist 2000 Summer Olympics
- Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, footballer
International relations
