What’s the best way to experience Edam?

There are plenty of ways to experience Edam. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:<ul><li><a href="/tours/Amsterdam/Day-Trip-to-Zaanse-Schans-Edam-Volendam-and-Marken-from-Amsterdam/d525-61268P6" class="markdown_inline_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam</a></li><li><a href="/tours/Amsterdam/Excursion-in-group-to-Zaanse-Schans-Edam-and-Volendam/d525-32552P3" class="markdown_inline_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken Tour</a></li><li><a href="/tours/Amsterdam/Private-Excursion-to-Zaanse-Schans-Edam-and-Volendam/d525-32552P12" class="markdown_inline_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Private Excursion to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken</a></li><li><a href="/tours/Amsterdam/Private-countryside-tour-the-highlights-of-Holland-with-guide-and-transport/d525-139660P3" class="markdown_inline_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amsterdam Private Tour to Windmills, Cheese Farm and Villages</a></li><li><a href="/tours/Amsterdam/Zaanse-Schans-Windmills-Marken-Edam-and-Volendam-Day-Trip-from-Amsterdam/d525-2550PRTAMSLIN2A" class="markdown_inline_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Volendam, Zaanse Schans, Marken & Edam from Amsterdam</a></li></ul>

How much does it cost to visit Edam in 2026?

Edam tours often cover villages like Volendam, Zaanse Schans, and Marken, in addition to Edam, and start at around US$37. Tickets for the popular Story of Edam Cheese Museum cost €8, €4 for kids (6–12), and €17.50 for a family (up to two adults and four children).

What do you see on a tour of Edam?

Edam’s cheese-themed attractions include the square, where a cheese market runs on Wednesdays in July and August, the Kaaswaag Edam cheese weighing house, and the Story of Edam Cheese Museum. You can also take a canal boat trip and tour the Edams Museum, Fort Edam, and Grote Kerk.

How long does it take to tour Edam?

It depends. Edam’s historic center is relatively compact, and you can see the sights from outside in about 30 minutes—although the fort is a 15-minute walk from town. You could also spend a full day enjoying the historic bridges, buildings, and museums, boating along the canals, and relaxing by the water.

What is the best month to visit Edam?

If your focus is cheese, July is a great month to explore, as the cheese market operates on Wednesday mornings in July (and August). It’s a colorful, if cheesy, experience, as locals in costume unload waxy balls of Edam from canal boats and bring them to market by horse-drawn cart.

It depends. The Story of Edam Cheese Museum is fully wheelchair-accessible, so a visit to Edam and a cheese tasting should not be off-limits for travelers who use wheelchairs. However, steep-sided bridges, uneven paving, and a lack of accessible public bathrooms may restrict your ability to explore the old town.

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Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam

Discover the Dutch countryside on this full-day tour to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam, and Marken. Round-trip transfer from central Amsterdam ensures a hassle-free trip. See windmills, waterlands, cheese makers, and clog factories up close. Discover the region's rich history firsthand from a professional guide, and beat the crowds if you book the earlier departure time. The price includes tastings of cheese and other local produce, as well as interior tours.

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Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam

6 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

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Experience a different side of the Netherlands on this small-group historical and cultural tour from Amsterdam. A great way to deepen your knowledge of the country, this guided trip includes a visit to Zaanse Schans, a popular tourist attraction known for its windmills, and a walking tour of Volendam, a picture-perfect seaside town with traditional wooden houses. You’ll also have the chance to sample cheese, waffles, and pancakes.

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Zaanse Schans, Volendam, Edam, Marken & Monnickendam w/Pickup

9 hoursFree Cancellation

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Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken Tour

8 hoursFree Cancellation

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Go beyond Amsterdam and explore the Dutch countryside with this group tour to Volendam, Zaanse Schans, and Edam. After boarding your air-conditioned minibus, relax knowing that the logistics, planning, and organization are all sorted. Enjoy an itinerary that includes a guided tour of the Zaanse Schans windmills, a visit to the fishing village of Volendam, and free time to explore the historic town of Edam.

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Volendam, Zaanse Schans, Marken & Edam from Amsterdam

7 hoursFree Cancellation

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Admission to The Story of Edam Cheese Museum

45 minutes to 1 hourFree Cancellation

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Escape Amsterdam for a day and discover the beauty of the Dutch countryside. Visit Zaanse Schans to see iconic windmills and traditional workshops, then explore Edam, famous for its historic cheese market and charming canals. Stop near Volendam for a cheese-making demonstration, a clog workshop, and free time at the lively harbor to enjoy local treats. End the day in the picturesque village of Marken, with its cozy houses and peaceful harbor. Optionally, return to Amsterdam with a relaxing canal cruise through the city’s scenic waterways.

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Dutch Countryside Tour: Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam & Marken

6 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

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Take a break from city life in Amsterdam and enjoy the beauty of the Dutch countryside on this private tour of Zaanse Schans, Volendam, and Edam. In addition to seeing picturesque windmills and canals, you’ll visit a local cheese producer and learn about the production of Gouda and Edam cheese. The tour offers a balance of scheduled stops and free time, and you can customize it to your preferences.

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Zaanse Schans, Volendam & Edam: Private tour (Max 3 per)

5 hoursFree Cancellation

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Private half day tour from Amsterdam to Edam Volendam and Marken

Leave Amsterdam behind to discover three picturesque villages in one half-day, on this private tour just for your group. After a scenic drive to Edam, sample the famed local cheese and explore a traditional candy store to taste licorice, a favorite treat in Holland. Before arriving in Volendam, known for its colorful wooden houses, you’ll visit a traditional windmill. Afterward, ride the ferry to Marken and discover its historic harbor.

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Private half day tour from Amsterdam to Edam Volendam and Marken

4 hoursFree Cancellation

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Jmuiden Cruise to Amsterdam and Old Holland Private Minivan Tour

This exclusive private minivan tour offers a deeply personalized experience through the Netherlands' most picturesque destinations: Zaanse Schans, Volendam, Edam, and Marken. Unlike larger group tours, this intimate journey allows you to explore iconic windmills, traditional crafts, and coastal villages at your own pace, ensuring a rich, immersive cultural experience. Perfect for families, couples, and cultural enthusiasts, this tour culminates in Amsterdam with a visit to a top attraction of your choice, making it an unforgettable exploration of Dutch heritage.

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Jmuiden Cruise to Amsterdam and Old Holland Private Minivan Tour

4 to 6 hoursFree Cancellation

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Half-Day Edam and Volendam Private Walking Tour from Amsterdam

4 hoursFree Cancellation

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Amsterdam Private Dutch Food Discovery Tour

Explore the culinary delights of the Netherlands on this private Dutch Food Discovery Tour from Amsterdam. Over 3 hours, visit five unique stops, sampling local favorites such as stroopwafels, poffertjes, and Dutch cheese. Experience the rich culture and flavors of Amsterdam while enjoying freshly prepared treats and engaging stories from your professional guide. This tour is perfect for food lovers and those looking to immerse themselves in Dutch cuisine in a relaxed, comfortable setting. - Private tour for up to 17 participants, ensuring a personalized experience - Flexible pick-up locations in Amsterdam for your convenience - Taste iconic Dutch dishes and snacks at each stop, including apple pie and kibbeling - Professional guide provides insights into local culture and culinary traditions

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Amsterdam Private Dutch Food Discovery Tour

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Amsterdam private tour to windmills, cheese farm and villages

Immerse yourself in Dutch culture, history, and cuisine on a private 6- to 7-hour countryside tour. Comfortable and swift transportation takes you from the tourist crowds of Amsterdam and into the heart of Holland. Enjoy engaging commentary from your guide as you taste local cheese, stroll past windmills, and try on wooden shoes. Tour highlights include Zaanse Schans, the fishing village of Marken, Volendam, Church Broek, and more.

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Amsterdam private tour to windmills, cheese farm and villages

7 hoursFree Cancellation

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Amsterdam: Experience Edam, a Cheese Tasting, and a Windmill

Each spring, the countryside around Amsterdam fills with tulips that stretch across the landscape—but reaching the best spots, along with the windmills of Zaanse Schans, and a traditional cheese farm, takes transport and planning that most visitors don't have time to arrange independently. This private tour covers all three, with a flexible itinerary that can be adjusted to include a windmill visit or lunch, based on your group's preferences.

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Amsterdam: Experience Edam, a Cheese Tasting, and a Windmill

6 hoursFree Cancellation

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Private Tour of the Dutch Countryside – VIP Exclusive benefits • Total privacy – just for you and your group. • Official guide in Spanish expert in history, architecture and engineering, with great sense of humor. • Luxury transportation with pick-up from your hotel or preferred address. • Full flexibility to customize the route and timing. • Access to authentic corners that massive tours do not show. Your journey starts without worry: I pick you up directly from your hotel and get in a high-end private vehicle together. From there, start an exclusive experience for you in the Dutch countryside, without rushes, without crowds, postcard villages, cheese tasting and an exclusive and personalized tour with official guide in Spanish. As an official guide, I will reveal the language of windmills: how they work, what they produce, how they have drained entire lakes and why they were fundamental to the history of the country.

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Private tour to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken

7 hoursFree Cancellation

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Private Excursion to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken

7 hoursFree Cancellation

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Escape the city and discover the beauty of the Dutch countryside on a private luxury tour from Amsterdam. Travel in comfort in a private air-conditioned luxury vehicle with an English-speaking chauffeur/guide. Visit the iconic windmills of Zaanse Schans, see traditional clog-making demonstrations, and learn about historic Dutch crafts. Continue to the cheese farm of Henri Willig Cheese Farm to taste authentic Dutch cheeses and see how they are produced. Explore the charming fishing village of Volendam, stroll along the harbor, and enjoy the lively atmosphere. Wander through the historic streets and canals of Edam, famous for its world-renowned cheese. End the day in the picturesque village of Marken, known for its wooden houses, quiet harbor, and maritime heritage. This comfortable private tour is perfect for couples, families, and small groups who want to explore the Netherlands in style and at their own pace.

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Private Tour Amsterdam Keukenhof Tulips, Windmills Countryside

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E-fatbike rental Volendam - Countryside of Amsterdam

Avoid the restrictions of a formal itinerary on a self-led tour of Amsterdam’s rural surrounding by e-fatbike. Customize your itinerary according to your interests, and set off to explore at a time that suits you, with a range of departure slots and rental periods to choose from. Zip between Dutch villages such as Volendam, Edam, or Marken with ease, and enjoy time away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

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E-fatbike rental Volendam - Countryside of Amsterdam

1 to 8 hoursFree Cancellation

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Dutch Highlights Tour from Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans, Edam, Castle

8 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

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Electric Scooter Private Tour Volendam Marken Hotel pick up and drop off

4 to 5 hoursFree Cancellation

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The Dutch countryside offers landscapes like no other, with gabled houses, windmills, polders, dikes, and canals. Experience it in style on this door-to-door tour that covers Zaanse Schans, famed for its windmills, Volendam, once a fishing village, Marken, a postcard-perfect island, and more. As your trip is private, you can customize your itinerary to suit your unique interests, perhaps adding Edam, with its seasonal cheese market, or less-visited Monickendam.

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Private Tour Zaanse Schans, Volendam, Marken & Rural Netherlands

7 to 8 hoursFree Cancellation

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Explore Amsterdam on foot on a dynamic tour that takes you through Dam Square, the Red Light District, the Bours, the Flower Market and the Begijnhof, with an official guide, passionate about his work and with a great sense of humor, able to get more than a smile during the tour, combining emblematic places with secret corners. During the tour you will discover the architecture and engineering of a city built on water: sloping Renaissance facades, classicists and their pulleys in old warehouses and warehouses used to raise goods from the canals. In addition, you will receive a clear explanation about the country’s economy, wages, housing, houseboats, World War II and politics, all with a large dose of humor. The tour ends with the perfect brooch, a free Dutch cheese tasting. Limited places. Book now and experience a different experience with a private tour just for you.

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Tour with official guide in Amsterdam

2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

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Private Off-the-beaten-path Countryside Windmill Tour

Leave Amsterdam behind for the day on this private tour to explore countryside villages that visitors normally overlook, including De Rijp, Schermer and Broek in Waterland, plus the maritime village of Volendam. With a local guide, you’ll discover the inner workings of a 17th century windmill, visit a cheese farm for a Gouda tasting and explore a traditional Dutch harbor, learning about history, culture, and architecture along the way.

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Private Off-the-beaten-path Countryside Windmill Tour

6 hoursFree Cancellation

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Private Guided Highlights of Holland Tour with Cheese Tasting

Swap the center of Amsterdam for a variety of traditional villages and become immersed in Dutch history, culture and tradition on this private day-long tour. Explore a historic windmill in Zaanse Schans, visit the old town center of Edam and discover Volendam’s picturesque harbor. Along the way, sample local cheeses, watch a clog-making demonstration, and walk through charming streets known locally as “the maze.”

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Private Guided Highlights of Holland Tour with Cheese Tasting

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

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Private Guided Senior Countryside Windmill Tour

Join local guides who grew up in windmills on this accessible private tour that covers a less touristy side of the Dutch countryside. From the moment your Mercedes-Benz minivan collects you to the moment it drops you off, your needs are catered for. Your curated itinerary covers off-the-path gems, including De Rijp, Schermer, Broek, Driehuis, and a mill museum, as well as Edam and the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Beemster landscape.

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Private Guided Senior Countryside Windmill Tour

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What are people saying about Edam

Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam

Hans_B, Oct 2026

Very interesting and enjoyable tour

It was foggy when we arrived at the windmills, but enjoyed coffee and food in the quaint sweets shop. Miraculously the fog lifted and our walk around mills was perfect. Thoroughly enjoyed the walking tour of Edam, but the pace at Volendam and Marken too fast for elderly people. Our guide Xavier was very knowledgeable and humorous. He managed the group extremely well.

Admission to The Story of Edam Cheese Museum

Mari_C, Apr 2026

Delightful time learning about the cheese history in Edam

We enjoyed the self guided experience at the Edam Cheese Museum. Learned lots of history of the area and cheese making. We were able to trying so many cheeses after the tour. Of course we bought some but no pressure from them.

Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam

Amy_W, May 2026

Perfect countryside trip

Perfect trip, new clean bus, great tour guide! We did the canal ride option on the way back and that a great add on as well.

Zaanse Schans Windmills, Cheese and Volendam Tour from Amsterdam

Frances_M, Oct 2026

Beautiful Holland experiences

Great experiences and guides, with clear communication by the guide; I definitely recommend this tour.

Volendam, Zaanse Schans, Marken & Edam from Amsterdam

Betty_A, Oct 2026

Very informative

It was a great tour very informative! The cheese factory was excellent only which the cheese tasting was set up differently with maybe toothpicks so not to have everyone hands on it. So that stopped from tasting various ones. One purchased some and they said it was tsa approved n to las at least 3 weeks with out refrigerator.

Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam

Philip_P, Sept 2026

Enjoyable Excursion.

We really enjoyed this tour, places we visited were really lovely, We enjoyed the Cheese Farm also the Clogs workshop. Loved seeing the windmills in Zaanse Schaase, also enjoyed Volandem, Marken & the small village of Edam; Our guide Carlos was excellent explaining everything to the smallest detail, An excursion really worth going.

Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam

Donna_G, Oct 2026

Windmills and more!

The experience was great and well planned, though it was a lot in a short time. I’m glad I got to see all the places, but maybe cut out one place to have more time in Zaanse Schans. The driver and tour guide were great. Tour guide was super knowledgeable and clear about what we would be doing at each location. I recommend this trip!

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Know before you go

Tours often include round-trip transportation, guide, entrance fees, and lunch. Check specific tours for details.
From mid March to mid November, tours may include a boat trip from Marken to Volendam. In winter, transportation is by bus.
A moderate amount of walking is involved on Edam tours; wear comfortable shoes.
The Edam cheese market runs weekly in summer when you find locals in traditional costumes, live folk music, and stalls stacked with cheese.

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