Top 10 Windmills & Heritage Sites in the Netherlands 2026

A living open-air museum north of Amsterdam with working windmills, clog workshops, and cheese farms.

Amsterdam's tallest wooden windmill, perfectly paired with the Brouwerij 't IJ craft brewery next door.

The world's tallest windmills, built to power the Schiedam jenever gin distilling industry.

Amsterdam's last remaining industrial wind-powered sawmill, still operational since the 17th century.

A beautifully reconstructed smock mill on the Spaarne river in the heart of Haarlem.

A rare hollow-post wip mill still pumping water in the South Holland polder landscape.

A seven-storey tower mill now housing the Leiden windmill museum with panoramic city views.

A chain of drainage mills in North Holland demonstrating the ingenious polder water management system.

A Texel island flour mill overlooking the Wadden Sea, still grinding grain for local bakeries.

A living open-air museum north of Amsterdam with working windmills, clog workshops, and cheese farms.

Amsterdam's tallest wooden windmill, perfectly paired with the Brouwerij 't IJ craft brewery next door.

The world's tallest windmills, built to power the Schiedam jenever gin distilling industry.

Amsterdam's last remaining industrial wind-powered sawmill, still operational since the 17th century.

A beautifully reconstructed smock mill on the Spaarne river in the heart of Haarlem.

A rare hollow-post wip mill still pumping water in the South Holland polder landscape.

A seven-storey tower mill now housing the Leiden windmill museum with panoramic city views.

A chain of drainage mills in North Holland demonstrating the ingenious polder water management system.

A Texel island flour mill overlooking the Wadden Sea, still grinding grain for local bakeries.