Zaandam
Zaandam is a city in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has about 74,000 inhabitants (2014). It makes part of the municipality of Zaanstad.
First settlements in the region were known up from the 11th century.
Czar Peter the Great visited Zaandam in 1697 and 1717.
Zaandam Media
A windmill near Zaandam painted in 1871 by Claude Monet
Zaandam circa 1889. Etching by James McNeill Whistler