Parking in Zaanstad
Parking is free on public holidays. SimplePark knows all 18 parking zones of Zaanstad: start your parking action in the app and stop it when you leave.
18 parking zones
The app finds the zone you are in. You see the rate before you start.
Covered parking is available at Rozenhof car park. In Krommenie shopping area you can stay up to 120 minutes with a parking disc. The municipality checks with a scan car, so your license plate has to be right. With SimplePark you start and stop the parking action in the app. We charge €0.29 per parking action and €0.29 per top-up or direct debit.
Where you have to pay in Zaanstad
Zaanstad is a municipality of several towns, and that shows in how parking works. There are areas with paid parking, blue zones in the shopping streets and beyond that spots where you simply park for free. Where you have to pay and what it costs is on the municipality's rates map and on the sign at the meter. In the paid-parking areas you can settle at the parking meter, with your phone or with a permit.
Besides on-street parking there are car parks and garages. On De Burcht and Behouden Haven you buy a day ticket at a day rate, but you can also pay per hour. The Rozenhof and Hermitage car parks are managed by Q-Park and the car park at the Zaantheater by the theater itself; so their own rates apply there. Watch the Ebbehof car park behind the supermarket: that is not a public municipal site, it is closed with barriers and pay-by-phone does not work there.
Blue zones and public holidays
In the blue zones of Krommenie, Wormerveer, Guisweg and Raadhuisstraat in Zaandijk and Zuiddijk in Zaandam you park 2 hours free with a parking disc. That rule applies from Monday to Saturday between 9.00 and 19.00. Set the disc to your arrival time and place it clearly visible; enforcement walks past here several times a day and you may not reset the disc without first driving away. On a list of public holidays you do not have to pay in Zaanstad, including New Year's Day, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, King's Day, Liberation Day, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday and Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and New Year's Eve.
Paying and enforcement
The municipality checks with a scan car. That reads your license plate, so you no longer need to put a ticket behind your windscreen: at the meter you type in your license plate, and with pay-by-phone your license plate is already registered. With SimplePark you start the parking action as soon as you have parked and you stop it when you drive away; you only pay for the time you were actually parked, counted in the municipality's time steps. If you forget to stop, you do not get that money back, so stop the parking action at once when you leave.
Where to park
- Car parkRozenhof car parkmanaged by Q-Park
- Car parkHermitage car parkmanaged by Q-Park
- Car parkZaantheater car parkmanaged by the Zaantheater
- Car parkDe Burcht car parkday ticket at the day rate, or pay per hour
- Car parkBehouden Haven car parkday ticket at the day rate, or pay per hour
- Blue zoneKrommenie shopping areamax. 120 minutes with a parking disc · Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00
- Blue zoneWormerveer shopping areamax. 120 minutes with a parking disc · Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00
- Blue zoneGuisweg and Raadhuisstraat, Zaandijkmax. 120 minutes with a parking disc · Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00
- Blue zoneZuiddijk, Zaandammax. 120 minutes with a parking disc · Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00
Parking near Zaanstad
FAQ about parking in Zaanstad
How does pay-by-phone work in Zaanstad?
You sign up with a parking provider and start the parking action with the location code of the spot where you have parked. That is a 5-digit number starting with 75 that is on every parking meter. Some apps pick a zone themselves based on your location; then check that that number matches the sign next to your car.
How long can you stay in a blue zone in Zaanstad?
At most 2 hours, free, with a parking disc behind your windscreen. The blue zone applies from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 to 19.00. With a valid disabled parking badge you may stay there without limit and without a disc.
Your next parking action takes 10 seconds.
Download SimplePark, add your license plate and top up your balance. At the next curb, you're done.
No subscription. € 0.29 per parking action, € 0.29 per top-up or direct debit.