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Discover the Museum Steam Tram with your children; back in time together

Are you looking for a nice trip for the May holiday or any other time? Take your children to the tulip splendor (during the May holidays, for example) and step into the sturdy locomotive. The Museum Steam Tram takes you on a journey through the beautiful flower fields!

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What is the Museum Steam Tram?

The Museum Steam Tram is a living and moving museum, how special is that! Immerse yourself in a piece of history in an original steam tram. A trip back in time starts in style. The stoker throws coals on the fire and then he waits for the whistle to leave. You can choose from three different trips to make:

  • Day trip from Enkhuizen
  • Day trip from Hoorn
  • Return Hoorn Medemblik

More information about these different tours and all experiences can be found on the website of the Museum Steam Tram. Did you know that in one of the tours you also go a bit by boat? The Museum Steam Tram will start running again in the season from 31 March and tickets are available at the box office or online.

Costs Museum steam tram

For adults the starting price for a ticket is € 21.50 and for children € 16.00 per ticket.

The prices depend on the trip you make, whereby the boat trip and the other museums are also included in the relevant trips.

Since the steam tram does not run daily in every period, it is smart to check in advance for the timetable of this tram.

Museum steam tram; a spectacular journey through colorful tulip fields

From mid-April, the Museum Steam Tram and its surroundings will be in full bloom. Historic locomotives take the traveler on a journey in a period when the region is at its most beautiful. A colorful collection of tulips surrounds the railway lines between Hoorn and Medemblik, where a real tulip guarantee is even issued by the Museum Steam Tram when the many hundreds of tulips are in bloom.

The Museum Steam Tram offers a real Tulip Guarantee at Hoorn, Wognum and Medemblik stations when the many hundreds of tulips are in bloom there. The enthusiastic train driver explains:'The large fields where the tram passes are really spectacular. The tulips provide a beautiful image, the colorful mix of colors smiles at the travelers'. The most sensational are the large fields between Benningbroek and Abbekerk, which are located halfway through the route. The fields are unmissable on both sides.

Beautiful stations

Not only the spectacular bulb fields are in bloom, the stations themselves have also been brightened up with brightly colored tulips since mid-April. These ensure a cheerful welcome at the station.

On a steam safari

The outing with the steam safari is great fun for children. You will receive a real steam tram current on departure where all information about locomotives and wagons, where you can also solve a rail trip. But what's even more fun is that you can also help out during the journey with the steam tram in this museum. You learn everything about the life of the train driver, the conductor, the station master and the baggage porter.

Many additional activities are also organized by the Museum Steam Tram. So do you still have a gap in your May holiday, for example? Then make it a colorful day! You will find more information on the Museum Steam Tram site.