Kinderdijk the UNESCO World Heritage Site
The windmills of Kinderdijk has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997. With 19 windmills, Kinderdijk has the largest concentration of of old windmills in the Netherlands. This windmill based water management system was built around 1740 with the main function of draining excess water from the area.
Unknown to many, windmill actually serves more 1 purpose. It is also a shelter and communication channel in the days before the availability of modern telecommunications. How the windmill windmills' blades are positioned indicate different meanings i.e. mills were working or offline. A breath taking view from the window pane of one of the windmill.
Windmills are framed by tall grass.
