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These pages are the official Kinderdijk tourist information pages which include the history of the miller and the windmill, plus many unique pictures of Kinderdijk and its surroundings.
Check News and Events for the latest news and things to do in and around the Kinderdijk village. Many of your questions will be answered in the F.A.Q. section of this site but if you've got any questions left don not hesitate to ask the kinderdijk.org team by pressing the e-mail button on the left.
Kinderdijk is a small village at a distance of only 16 kilometers of Rotterdam and a little bit less than 10 kilometers from the cityborder of the oldest city in Holland, Dordrecht.
Never the less is the village unique for it 19 windmills dating from the 1500s.
One of the windmills is opened for visitors during the tourist season, and at most of the days its operational too.
While visiting the windmill, anyone can get a pretty good idea about the functioning of the windmill and the lifestyle back then.
During the 2nd complete week of september the Kinderdijk windmills are lighted at night, which is called mills in floodlight. This attracts many visitors from all over the world,a nd can be recomended to anyone.
We hope to welcome you in the beautiful village of Kinderdijk, the Netherlands very soon!
In the mean time enjoy this website and tell us what you think about it.



 

 


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