Nederland - Zaanstad, stadhuis

Zaanstad is ‘just’ a municipality excisting of seven towns and villages - Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk - with a population of about 150.000 inhabitants. In 1974 this villages and towns were merged into one new municipality.

In 2012 Zaanstad became a new town hall, located on the Stadhuisplein, next to the railway station of Zaandam. The town hall was designed as a sequence of several large Zaan houses, in which the characteristics of the local architecture were applied in a new way. On the short side of the building, the council chamber - above the main entrance - has different dormer windows, decorated with the coats of arms of the municipalities that have merged into Zaanstad.

The town hall was designed by architect Sjoerd Soeters. The town hall is located nearby the new Intell Hotel.