Steve and Janet on board our Viking ship, with our Program Director, Marianne, presented "Everything Dutch" |
On board our Viking ship, our Program Director, Marianne, presented "Everything Dutch" |
Town along the Maas River, The Netherlands |
Town along the Maas River, The Netherlands |
Kinderdijk is situated in a polder in the Alblasserwaard at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. |
The name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Children dike". In 1421, It is said that when the terrible storm had subsided, someone went on to the dike between these two areas, to see what could be saved. In the distance, he saw a wooden cradle floating on the waters. As it came nearer, some movement was detected. A cat was seen in the cradle trying to keep it in balance by jumping back and forth so that no water could get into it. As the cradle eventually came close enough to the dike for a bystander to pick up the cradle, he saw that a baby was quietly sleeping inside it, nice and dry. The cat had kept the cradle balanced and afloat. Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
A windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
Steve in front of a windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
A windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
Barb in front of a windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
Sharon and Debbie in front of a windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
Sharon and Ken in front of a windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |
Kinderdijk this group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. |
A windmill in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands |