Category: Windmills and Canals
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The Dutch Windmill Village Where Life Still Runs on Wind and Wood
Discover Zaanse Schans, the living windmill village 20 minutes from Amsterdam where eight working mills still grind spices and press oil — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Why Kinderdijk Has 19 Windmills (And Why They Still Matter)
Image: Shutterstock A row of 19 windmills stands in a line along a canal south-east of Rotterdam, and together they look like the most Dutch thing on earth. Most visitors come, take a photograph, and leave thinking “well, that was lovely.” Almost nobody asks the obvious question: why are there 19 of them in a…