Kinderdijk
A UNESCO World Heritage Site with 19 eighteenth-century drainage windmills lining polder canals, the most classic windmill landscape in the Netherlands.
Kinderdijk lies east of Rotterdam. Its 19 windmills were built between 1738 and 1740 to pump water from the polders into the river, and the site was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1997. You can see the whole windmill complex by walking the canal paths or taking a boat tour. Two of the museum windmills can be entered to see how the miller's family lived. Admission costs about €19.50. From Amsterdam, take a train to Rotterdam, then transfer to water bus route 202. The one-way trip takes about 1.5–2 hours, making it a good day trip.
Opening hours
09:30–17:30 (shorter in winter)
Nearby sights
- Keukenhof
- Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer Flower Auction
- Haarlem
- Vondelpark
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Van Gogh Museum
- Moco Museum
- Rijksmuseum