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 bike rental places in Zaandam or near the Zaanse Schans station? There are 2 places and we will review them for you.
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 where you can rent a bike near Zaanse Schans train station;
Number 2! Bike rental SAENBIKE in Zaandijk (3 minutes walking from train station Zaanse Schans)
It’s a small bikeshop but they also do renting.
* Positive notes are;
+ This bike rental is just 2 minutes away 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 bike reservations, contact info is available on google
+ They have a good google review rating of 4,5
+ When you arrive at station Zaanse Schans, this bike rental is only 3 minutes walking from your train exit
* 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
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