World Heritage Kinderdijk
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World Heritage Kinderdijk

740 Years of Dutch watermanagement history
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World Heritage Kinderdijk
A miller loves cloggs: Safe, easy and cheap. Trivial knowledge

A miller loves cloggs: Safe, easy and cheap.

If there is no wind, how do windmills turn? Trick question of a guide

If there is no wind, how do windmills turn?

15 out of 19 windmills are still inhabited. Good to know

15 out of 19 windmills are still inhabited.

Kinderdijk update May 26th, 2017

Come and have a look at our Havelingen. Stretches of wetland next to our windmills. Flowers bloom where once reeds stood. New policy of lean management. Cut grass twice a year to see wild flowers return.

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I love telling you more about the Dutch struggle with water and the help they got from the wind.
Jan Willem
Jan Willem - Miller at World Heritage Kinderdijk

I love telling you more about the Dutch struggle with water and the help they got from the wind.

Come on then
It's great fun over and over again to guide groups through Kinderdijk and tell them all about the area.
Elma
Elma - Volunteer guide at World Heritage Kinderdijk

It's great fun over and over again to guide groups through Kinderdijk and tell them all about the area.

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