Volendam Harbour

Volendam is located on the site of what was once, way back in 1357, the harbour of the historic city of Edam. Edam was granted the right to call itself a city in that year, as well as the right to "dam" in its old harbour and dig a new one to the north-east. On the site of the old harbour a new settlement formed, which was called Volendam, meaning "a dam which has been filled".