It is the old Holland image in postcards. It is an open air area, you don’t need to pay to go in, there are diff specialty shops around so take time to visit them and talk to the people.
Very comfortable and calm area, like you were brought back in time and in the postcard.
We went there by Uber from Zaandam, costs approx 13euro. Problem is coming back around 5, we got cancelled by at least 4 Ubers (never happened to me before and didn’t know they can do that 😑) Finally we talked to a taxi driver who was waiting there for his client, and is willing to bring us back to Zaandam for 25 euro, he told us Uber drivers cancelled a lot of the rides here cuz it is a detour for them.
At the end, we walked to the train station which is approx 15 mns, and cost 3euro/pps.
So my advise, prepared for uber cancellation 😓