Driving School Zaandam
Rijschool Zomer for your Driving Lessons in Zaandam

You may take driving lessons as early as 16.5 years of age and take practical tests starting on your 17th birthday. If you pass, you may only drive with a guide until your 18th birthday. For example, your parents, grandparents or neighbors. This companion must be at least 27 years old and have held a driver's license for 5 years. Also, your companion must never have committed a serious traffic offense. Your escort(s) must be listed on your escort pass.

Note: apply for the escort pass right at the beginning of your driver training. You can only apply for your driver's license at the municipality upon presentation of this companion pass.

The trial lesson is free in combination with one of the exam packages.

This means that if after the trial lesson you do not take any of the listed packages, the trial lesson will be charged as a regular lesson paid in advance. If you do purchase a package, the cost of the trial lesson will be deducted.

Note: apply for the escort pass right at the beginning of your driver training. You can only apply for your driver's license at the municipality upon presentation of this companion pass.

Yes, we offer crash courses so that you can quickly obtain your driver’s license. 

According to a CBR survey of exam candidates (2021), the average number of lesson hours for obtaining a driver's license is around 43. But since everyone learns at their own pace, the number of driving lessons you need naturally varies from person to person. Our instructor can therefore best estimate how many driving lessons you will need. You can find more information on the CBR website.

Thanks to our unique teaching method and experienced driving instructors, our students are well guided during the lessons. This is also reflected in our pass rate, which is above the national average.

No, you don't need any prior knowledge. But it does work to your advantage if you already have some knowledge of theory, then you can immediately apply this knowledge during your driving lessons.

A driving lesson with us lasts 60 minutes, but we routinely schedule two lessons in a row. So you have 120 minutes of lessons each time, so you learn to drive even faster.

Yes, that is possible. We have both a stick shift transmission car and an automatic  transmission car.

Yes, we have Dutch-, English- and Spanish-speaking WRM-certified instructors.

Yes, we also give driving lessons in the evenings and on Saturdays.

Our teaching cars are a Volkswagen Golf (2022) and Volkswagen Polo (2022).

The pick-up location is at the Central Station of each town. We feel it is important to devote the entire lesson to teaching, and to you as a student. By having a central pick-up location, we want to avoid you being mostly busy taking the other student(s) home.