Once a base for a munitions factory, Zaandam’s Hembrugterrein is quickly transforming into a haven for Amsterdam’s creative set with several restaurants, museums, and artistic venues all set on a plum spot lining the shores of the North Sea Canal. Thursday to Sunday, a direct ferry runs from Central Station to Het HEM, the cultural complex that’s at the heart of this thrumming new neighborhood. Het HEM has a variety of exhibition spaces where the work of talented local artists is on proud display, along with a living room with a library, a café with a reading table and lakeside terrace, a hi-fi record bar, and Restaurant Europa, which serves up the North Sea delights.
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