Ribbon village
The historic village runs for kilometres along a single road on a dyke. On the map it looks like a long, thin line through open meadows.
Minimalist map poster · Netherlands
52.4683° N / 4.7431° E
A long ribbon village strung along a dyke through Dutch peat meadows, with a planned new district growing on its southern side.

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The map
Assendelft is part of Zaanstad in North Holland, and its map shows one of the classic shapes of the Dutch landscape: the lint village. For kilometres, houses line a single road on a dyke, while flat peat meadows stretch away on either side. Narrow drainage ditches cut the fields into long parallel strips, and they make a fine, regular texture across the polder.
The painter Pieter Saenredam was born here in 1597, and his precise paintings of the village church are well known in Dutch art. In recent decades a large new district, Saendelft, has grown on the southern side. Its planned streets and water features contrast sharply with the older ribbon settlement.
An Assendelft map poster captures both eras. The long line of the old village runs through open polder, and the newer neighbourhood adds a denser, organised pattern. With the ditches and waterways included, it is one of the most graphic small-town maps in the Netherlands.
The historic village runs for kilometres along a single road on a dyke. On the map it looks like a long, thin line through open meadows.
Narrow parallel ditches divide the peat meadows into long strips. They create a fine, regular texture that fills much of the frame.
A modern planned neighbourhood has grown on the southern side of Assendelft. Its denser streets and canals contrast with the linear village.
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Why Assendelft
Assendelft appeals to anyone who loves the geometry of Dutch polders, and to those who live in the old village or the new district. The long lines and ditches make a quietly striking wall piece.
Add your street, a year or the coordinates to the title lines, and choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. Download HD files for $9, or order a matte printed poster.
Order the Assendelft poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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