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Bookmark and share Just imagine, some 100 years ago, Holland boasted no less than 10,000 operational mills! The mills ground grain, sawed timber and controlled the water level in our low-lying country.
Traditional icons of Holland
This windmill landscape is unique in the world and is on Unesco’s World Heritage List.
The stilling mills were used for the dutch gin industry.
250 years ago, the world's first industrial site featured well over 800 windmills
The open mill De Leeuw gives a good impression of the construction and the way its works.
You will enjoy magnificent views, unique vistas and beautiful mills at Heusden.
Of the original 52 windmills in the Schermer region only eleven remain.
