Windmill

We took a walk through Delfshaven today.  There were once scores of windmills in Rotterdam, used to grind grain for the distilleries of Delfshaven. Seven still stand, De Ster and De Leliesave on Plaszoom are normally open to the public, although some others open their doors on occasion. Most of the mills date back to the 16th and 17th centuries, but De Distilleerketel, the one in the photo, was rebuilt in the 1980s to replace the original that was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing in May 1940.  

Tomorrow we are going to visit Kinderdijk where there are many more windmills.