In Kinderdijk you can see how the Netherlands has been fighting, living and working with water all its life. The polders where the windmills are located used to be swampy marshlands. When man decided to live on this fertile land, there was only one challenge, keeping the water away from the houses. After several attempts and a major flood disaster in 1421, many years later it was decided to install mills that grind the water from the polders. Today, the 19 mills are World Heritage Sites and some of them are inhabited.
 
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 The centuries-old KinderdijkHotspotsBenelux
The centuries-old KinderdijkHotspotsBenelux Spring is just around the cornerHotspotsBenelux
Spring is just around the cornerHotspotsBenelux Beautiful water liliesHotspotsBenelux
Beautiful water liliesHotspotsBenelux The Castle of ZellaerHotspotsBenelux
The Castle of ZellaerHotspotsBenelux The castle of CrupetHotspotsBenelux
The castle of CrupetHotspotsBenelux Panorama castle CrupetHotspotsBenelux
Panorama castle CrupetHotspotsBenelux Fortress town of BrielleHotspotsBenelux
Fortress town of BrielleHotspotsBenelux The Lierse Zimmer TowerHotspotsBenelux
The Lierse Zimmer TowerHotspotsBenelux The Jubilee ClockHotspotsBenelux
The Jubilee ClockHotspotsBenelux The Vlissingen prison towerHotspotsBenelux
The Vlissingen prison towerHotspotsBenelux The castle of CrupetHotspotsBenelux
The castle of CrupetHotspotsBenelux The girl at the gateHotspotsBenelux
The girl at the gateHotspotsBenelux Entrance bridge of Cortewalle CastleHotspotsBenelux
Entrance bridge of Cortewalle CastleHotspotsBenelux