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Your daily dose of Dutch windmills
Your daily dose of Dutch windmills Sit back, relax and watch over 75 windmills pass by in just 150 seconds. Enjoy!
The highest classic windmill in the world
Did you know that windmill De Noord in Schiedam is the highest classic windmill (33.3m) in the world?Today De Noord houses a restaurant but...
The oldest existing windmill in the Netherlands
Did you know that the tower mill in Zeddam is the oldest existing windmill in the Netherlands?The windmill is most likely built before the...
National Mill Day
Did you know that many of the Dutch windmills and watermills open their doors to the public on National Mill Day this Saturday and...
Expressing our gratitude for Canada with tulips
Did you know that the Dutch Royal Family and the Dutch Bulb Growers Assocation each send 10,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa, Canada every year...
Two billion tulips
Did you know that no less than 2 billion tulips from the Netherlands are expected find their way to homes all around the world...
Windmill moved from Friesland to Gelderland
Did you know that the original 19th century Follega windmill was moved from Friesland to Laag-Keppel in Gelderland in 1969?
Tens of thousands of bicycles in Dutch canals
Did you know that tens of thousands of bicycles are being fished out of Dutch canals every year?
The myth of blue tulips
Did you know that tulips come in pretty much every color of the rainbow, except blue? Pure blue tulips only exist by paint or...
Dutch entry wins National Geographic contest
Did you know that 11-year old Dewi from the Netherlands has captured the grand prize of the National Geographic International Photography Contest for Kids...