It is a common misconception that just because windmills are iconic of Holland, it means that they are equally ubiquitous too. In fact, I didn’t spot any windmills during the long train ride from Amsterdam to Maastricht, neither are there any windmills in Maastricht too. To be honest, I was slightly disappointed that I couldn’t indulge in my childhood fantasy of being surrounded by windmills. So, was that all to it to Holland, the supposed land of windmills?
Actually, windmills still can be found in the Netherlands; it’s just a matter of knowing where exactly to look for them. Because of development and technological advancements, Holland is no longer as reliant on windmills as they were in the past, and therefore the land where windmills once used to occupy were gradually taken over by buildings. Despite these developments, certain windmill sites in the Netherlands are conserved and one of them is Kinderdijk (pronounced ‘kinder-dek’), which is 15km east of Rotterdam.
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