Zaanse Schans seems to top the list of places to visit when coming to the Netherlands. We figured we better go check it out. Unfortunately, we found this tourist attraction to pale in comparison to everything else the Netherlands has to offer. Despite being a pretty collection of museums and Dutch paraphernalia, Zaanse Schans is the …
One of the top questions I’m asked is about visiting windmills. A trip to Kinderdijk or Zaanse Schans are popular tourist stops, but there are one thousand working windmills all over Holland. One of my favorite little finds in Delft is the Delftse Molen. This windmill has been in Delft since 1679 but reopened its doors …
Open Monuments Weekend is our new favorite weekend. I’ve already marked it on the calendar for next year! It is a wonderful way for our family to pop into attractions and not feel guilty doing “just the overview” tour. Our kids often will not tolerate more than that. We saw a little bit of a bunch …
Windmills. Quintessentially Dutch. There are under one thousand historic windmills left in the Netherlands. Kinderdijk is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 19 historic windmills. These windmills were used to pump water out from the land, which rests up to 7 meters below sea level. A diesel/electric pump hooked to an Archimedes screw now does the …