The dyke village is originally 17th century, pittoresque, with wooden captain's houses, an old lock next to the small harbor and old pub. The vicar's house was built in the 30's together with a small shopping centre and garden village at the rear of the house. In front of the house you find the dyke, dyke village and a small forest.
A large shopping centre is at 1 km from our house. A nice place to buy food is Landmarkt in the village of Schellingwoude (at 2 km), with a great fresh food department stocked by local farmers.
For both local people and tourists favorite cycling and walking area. You find old villages Holysloot, Durgerdam, Ransdorp, Broek in Waterland, meadows, dykes (Waterlandse Zeedijk at the IJ), moors. On cycling distance the Waterlandse Golfclub.
In 15 minutes cycling you arrive at the (free) ferry. It takes you in 2 minutes to central station, which is the immediate access to the city centre. From there you can go on by foot, bicycle, tram or metro. There is also a busstop at 5 minutes walk from our house. The bus takes you in 15 minutes to Amsterdam central station.
You find several great restaurants on the north side of the IJ and numerous restaurants in the city.