• Ferry to Marken on the Volendam-Marken Express takes about 30 minutes, so kids get a boat ride and a second village of green wooden houses and drawbridges
• Fish stalls on the Dijk sell kibbeling, herring and eel, and the Palingsound Museum at Paviljoen Smit-Bokkum tells the story of the village's pop music
• Kids' bikes and tandems to rent at Rent & Event Volendam, for a loop of about three hours past the polders to Edam

Volendam is an old fishing town on the Markermeer, under half an hour's drive north of Amsterdam. Kids watch wooden boats in the harbor, eat kibbeling or herring along the Dijk, and pose for a studio photo in traditional costume.

The Volendams Museum shows village life from 1850 to 1950, and the Volendam-Marken Express sails to the former island of Marken in about 30 minutes.