Windmills are the most representative landscapes of the Netherlands, and windmills will not appear in every picture book about the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is famous for its windmills, and if you come to the Netherlands to see the windmills, Kinderdijk is undoubtedly the best choice.
Kinderdijk is located 12 km south of Rotterdam and was built in 1740.
Here, 19 nostalgic windmills are lined up in two rows facing each other and are inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. "The origin of Kinderdiwk '' also bears witness to the history and culture of its windmill country.
Windmills have been the representative of this low-lying country for hundreds of years, the strong atlantic sea breeze provided the Netherlands with natural winds, first the Dutch imported windmills from Germany for pumping water, and then transformed in the 16th and 17th centuries.
It began to be used for milling grain, papermaking, oil pressing, etc.
So there is a saying in Europe: God created man, and the Dutch windmill created land.
The Netherlands had nearly 10,000 windmills in its heyday, and with the development of science and technology and the widespread application of mechanical power, old windmills were gradually eliminated. With windmills, holland is famous for its cheese and fragrant tulips.
Next to the ancient windmill of Kinderdijk, I actually saw the Chinese Mobike shared bicycle.