Kinderdijk Travel Blogs

The last two weeks the 19 historic windmills, which are listed at the UNESCO world heritage site, were spectacularly lit with colourful and energy-efficient LED lighting. This year was the first that these lights are being used. The lights are from Philips and they were installed by the TU (Techn…

Our fortunate run with good weather had run its course, and it was cold and windy Thursday morning, but we returned to the train station armed with Agnes’ directions to Kinderdijk.  Arrived at Rotterdam Centraal with no problems and followed signs to ‘Tourist Information’, which turne…

Last Januar we had some very cold weeks in The Netherlands, it was freezing -16 for a week. A bit to cold for me but perfect for the water to get frozen and prepare for the famous Milltour (Molentocht) through the Alblasserwaard. That's an area in South Holland where the windmills are standing alon…

The theme of today was to see more of the country we live in.  We have been talking about going to Kinderdijk and Muiderslot for almost as long as we’ve lived here.  Today was the day!!!   Rob had been in Belgium for work for a couple of days so he brought the car home and parked…

Upon request, I have my windmill poem translated from Dutch, the rhyme has unfortunately gone, but the message is still clear I hope.   The mills of simplicity   When I carefully listened to the wind  suddenly I was aware of my thoughts and I realized some things do me little…

Kinderdijk is a small Dutch town with many windmills built in the 1740s. The mills were designed to keep the village dry and are now designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While this is not a destination on its own, if you are passing through the area, it is certainly worth a stop. There i…

Probably one of the most beautiful locations I have been to in Netherlands till now. The entire place is crisscrossed by canals. With windmills flanking on both sides. Most of these windmills are from the 17th century and many are still operational. One windmill is open for visitors. There are many…

One of the most amazing places in the Netherlands is Kinderdijk. A place were you can find 19 wind mills in a row which have been built in the 18th century. This place is on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.Beneath wandering around me made a boat trip on the canals which was great.

All the windmills you can see...

I made it and I wanted more... (UNDERCONSTRUCTION)

Kinderdijk has a bunch of old fashion windmills

Wow, the Netherlands is one of my favourite countries on the planet. And I dont say that lightly. I get giddy just at the thought of the place. I've spent a lot of time in the Netherlands but this was the first nibble I had of this delicious buffet of beautiful scenery and the 2nd most likeable race on the planet! I was there on business for a full month and it also set the scene for my love of Europe.

amsterdam, back to geneva, overland. (a rehashed excerpt from my blog.)

Now I was a little disappointed with Zaanse Schans, but I wasn't going to give up my windmill search until I found some good ones.  Going off the only other lead I had, I went to Kinderdijk, which was south of Amsterdam through Rotterdam.  The train ride was not long, and it turned out to…

WOO HOO WELCOME TO THE LAND OF WINDMILLS Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, partly in the municipality Nieuw-Lekkerland, partly in the municipality of Alblasserdam, in the province South Holland, about 15km east of Rotterdam.   Kinderdijk is situated in a polder at the conf…