This beautiful canal-side village offers visitors access to one of the most picturesque areas of the Netherlands, while ...
KINDERDIJK, Netherlands — The windmills at Kinderdijk were built in the mid- 1700s as a way to clear water from the low-lying landscape of the western Netherlands. Sometime in the 1950s, the millers ...
In the Netherlands’ South Holland province, a network of meticulously preserved 18th-century windmills stand guard over the pastoral plains of Kinderdijk. The 19 windmills that make up the site, amid ...
There's something alluring about windmills. For centuries, cultures around the globe have relied on these metal workhorses to harness the wind and mill grains or divert water. For travellers, ...