Rent a bike and visit the Zaanse Schans
If you want to rent a bike at the Zaanse Schans region, then please read the following very carefuly. Renting a bike here means you really have to prepare it in advance before you want to visit this Zaandam region. On this page we will help you with choosing several bicycle rental places in the area. We will provide all the plus and all the minus scores for each one of them.
Bicycle rental in the Zaandam region
A lot of people not only want to visit the Zaanse Schans, but perhaps also other little Zaan villages and sightseeing points. Renting a bike is therefore a great way to discover it all. Dont forget to get all your biking info and routes at the ZAANS website before you go! And now for the main question, where are the bicycle rental places in Zaandam? There are 3 places and we will rank them for you. Number 1 has the most + points and number 3 has the least + point
Number 1! Het Fietsenpakhuis (near train station Zaandam) .
Fietsenpakhuis in Dutch means; the bike warehouse. On google it says it’s a place where you can store your bike, but don’t worry, there are many rental bikes available!
*The positive notes about this rental bike place are;
+ They are open every day of the week
+ They also rent out kids bikes
+ They have a lot of bikes on stock
+ It’s only 8 minutes walking from Zaandam Station
+ You can pay with creditcard
+ They have free tourist Zaan information maps available
+ They have their own bike repair shop to fix your bike on the spot
+ They have a public toilet
+ The shop is a initiative to employ people with special needs
+ They have a very good 4,8 google review rating
*Some negative notes are;
– You can’t make reservations because the contact information is limited
– It’s not really close to the Zaanse Schans, you have to bike for 20 minutes to reach the Windmills from this place
– They don’t have ebikes
– You can’t pay with cash
Our following tip is;
Number 2! Bike rent SAENBIKE in Zaandijk (near train station Zaanse Schans)
It’s a small bikeshop but they also do renting.
* Positive notes are;
+ It’s just 2 minutes from the Zaanse Schans Windmills
+ You can pay with cash or creditcard
+ They have a repair shop to fix the bikes
+ You can contact them for questions or reservations, contact info is available on google
+ They have a good google review rating of 4,5
* Some negative notes are
– They only have 10 bikes to rent out, so there is a chance that all bikes are gone when you arrive
– They don’t have kids bikes
– They don’t offer bike maps or information
– They are closed on Sundays and mondays
– They don’t have ebikes
Number 3! Bike rent at train station Zaanse Schans in Koog aan de Zaan
It’s an open air spot next to the station entrance / exit. So don’t expect a brick shop or store. It’s renting a bike at the street side.
* Positive notes are;
+ They have a large number of bikes
+ You can call or mail them to make group reservations. Google provides enough contact information
+ Only 5 minutes biking towards the windmills of the Zaanse Schans
* Some negative notes are;
– They are closed from 1 oktober until the 1st of march! (because they don’t have a warm shelter for their staff)
– They are also closed when it rains (or when the weather is just bad)
– You can only pay with cash, creditcard is not possible, if you dont have cash, you have to walk 10-15 minutes to the nearest ATM.
– Kids are not allowed on the bikes
– Their google review rating is below region avarage, it’s a 3,9
– Please check their google time table frequently because they are also closed a lot during the peak/high season.
– They don’t offer bike or information maps of the Zaan region
PARKING YOUR CAR
If you arrive by car and want to rent a bike or you have brought your own bikes, please read our page about FREE PARKING in the area around our shop
Of course we provide beautiful biking maps and personal information in our to the mills information store (link). Please stop by with your bike and we tell you everything you need.
Hope to see you soon!
Rent a bike and visit our information point to get a nice bike map