Clogs, tulips, cheese and windmills are the quintessential symbols of the Netherlands, and there’s an adorable spot where you can see them all: the Zaanse Schans village, just one hour from Amsterdam. The heavenly smells of chocolate and fresh-baked waffles waft over you as you pass through the entrance to the Zaanse Schans windmill village, […]
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The windmill is one of the national symbols of The Netherlands. You may wonder why there are so many windmills in The Netherlands? I live next to a windmill in The Netherlands, and I am happy to explain the importance of windmills for the Dutch in more detail. There are so many windmills in the […]
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1. They were built to pump water out of low-lying polders These 19 windmills don’t do the heavy lifting all on their own. They’re part of a complex water management system that includes weirs, sluices, basins and the low tide of the river Lek. As the sails turned, the windmills would pump water up out […]
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The Horizon of the Netherlands has been dominated by windmills for centuries. The windmills are present on very old paintings and pictures. The windmills has become a world famous icon of Holland. The first windmills in the coastal areas along the southern North Sea and the Channel date from the second half of the 12th […]
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I think that there are a lot of Japanese who can imagine “Windmill” regarding the Netherlands. We have the scenery as a primary landscape, where windmills are lined up orderly in the countryside, and the blades are turning as the wind blows. There are still more than 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands. It has various […]
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