On the quiet horizon, there is a landscape as beautiful as a fairy tale.

That moment is destined to make you unforgettable.

There is a landscape called windmill, a feeling that you will never forget when you see it.

For a long time, people always saw windmills on the horizon no matter from which angle they looked at the Dutch landscape.

On the vast Dutch horizon, windmills stand against the wind, and the scenery is full of charming clouds.

The largest Dutch windmill is several stories tall, with wings up to 20 meters long.

Some windmills are made from a single piece of oak.

At the end of the 18th century, there were about 12000 windmills in Holland.

The big windmill is four stories tall.

The lower two stories can be occupied by people.

The third floor is used for stacking debris, and the top floor is the machine room.

Small windmills are usually built on a high platform to make full use of the wind.

1.The source of windmills

It was first introduced from Germany.

At first, windmills were only used to grind flour and so on.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, windmills were of particular importance to the Dutch economy.

2.The use of windmills

The Netherlands is a low-lying country.

In addition to processing grain, windmills can also extract oil, sawn wood, paper and irrigation.

Another important use is to drain water from low places.

Windmills are the pride and symbol of the Dutch nation and the inheritance and promotion of Dutch culture.

In Holland, windmills, wooden shoes, cheese and tulips, as well as canals and Van Gogh's paintings, have brought people countless dreams and joy.

Although windmills are no longer popular today, the story of how Dutch ancestors turned the sea into a beautiful land and built a beautiful home will be handed down from generation to generation.

The Dutch feel that the windmill is their "contribution" to their development, so they decide that the second Saturday in May is the "windmill day".

On this day, the windmills all over the country turn together and the whole country celebrates.

3.Windmill Village is a small fairy tale village

Fifteen kilometers north of Amsterdam, you can see the windmill turning violently.

Sansiance is an open space museum for tourists, but for Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries, it is a place to live and work.

Here, you can see how Dutch people use windmills to generate electricity and use ground wood to make paint.

Ancient buildings and still life paintings vividly depict the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Ancient buildings and shipyards, exhibitions of wooden shoes and cheese making, and windmills attract thousands of tourists every year.

There is a kind of desirable scenery in Holland called windmill.