City of Amsterdam Municipality Offices & Zaanse Schans

Hello, this is Vivek Patel, and I am the writer for today’s post. Today is the 16th day of the trip and our 7th day in Amsterdam. In the morning, we woke up early and left the hostel by 8:20. We then made our way to the City of Amsterdam Municipal Office where we heard presentations from speakers on the topics of sex work, air quality, and substance and drug use. We went out on a short walk pertaining to the topic of substance use and looked for signs of any use in the public. After this, we had a quick snack/lunch break at the Central Station. A lot of us grabbed food from Albert Heijn. Next, we headed over to the town of Zaandam. There, we visited Zaanse Schans, a heritage village from the 17th, 18th and 19th century. It holds many windmills and buildings such as green houses, warehouses, and trades. It shows the first industrial area of Western Europe.