Windmills Must Mean I’m in the Netherlands

We visited Kinderdijk to see the windmills and they didn’t disappoint. At one, there were over 11,000 windmills throughout the country. Now, there are approximately 1,100. To be a miller requires years of training. If you make a mistake, you can cause the windmill to self-ignite.

Also, it’s no myth – they really wear wooden clogs. Apparently, wooden clogs are waterproof and inexperienced. The millers we met wore unpainted clogs. Yellow clogs became popular as well because yellow use to be the cheapest color of paint. Painted designs on the clogs indicate which region of the Netherlands the person is from.

The windmills we visited serve a critical function. They pump water into the rivers to prevent flooding in the Netherlands. They are so hypnotic to watch. If we didn’t have an appointment with a cheese maker, I would have stayed for hours watching.