Windmills also sawed wood used in sail ships that plied the world’s oceans and ground spices they carried from Dutch colonies. Despite more modern technology such as electric pumping stations ...

If you want to experience the Dutch life, Zaanse Schans is the place to go. The village is home to some of the best-preserved windmills, wooden houses, and workshops from the 18th century. You can ...

from its Unesco World Heritage-site Kinderdijk windmills that have been habitable and operational since the 16th century; to the iconic Cube houses of Rotterdam designed by another Dutch ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill's cutting floor, six blades ...

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