Dutch Windmill Inside

Dutch Windmill Inside.

Nearly everyone in the world knows the famous Dutch Windmills.
But very few of you have seen them inside.
In this video master miller Fred Prins shows his polder mill and demonstrates the sytem inside that keeps the feet dry of many Dutch.

Once a year it is 'Mills Day' (‘Molendag’). Many mills are open to the public that day. But there are also various mills to visit throughout the year.
Enjoy this video!


Music:
Flecks of Light
Invitation to the Castle Ball
Calgary Hill
Good For The Soul
(YouYube Music Library)


Animation Paddle Wheel: Wilcosproductions.

[InfinitesimallyInfinite]

Marvellous engineering. The Dutch are ingenious innovators.

[MutarFuqueer]

This is absolutely fascinating! We can't make a car that lasts more than 10 years today without rusting out, but these windmills have been operating for centuries!

[cmataira]

I live in Peru (born and bred in Holland) and my native worker loved watching how people made motors without electricity or gasoline. The engineering is so amazing! Hurray for the Dutch.

[jaymefunny]

I didnt know you could live in the windmill. The engineering is amazing!

[shanthishanthi]

Windmill inside view is amazing, thanks for sharing excellent video and useful comments 🙏

[david]

What a marvel of engineering. I can't imagine how they were constructed, except, most likely, slowly and very carefully.

[sarac]

Yes - thank you very much, Fred! What a lovely man. So good to take such real pride in your work. Nicely narrated, too!

[kennetheduardordonez]

I really want to live and stay that kind of place forever, clean air, great atmosphere, and peaceful place,

[AsifaJabeen-ussb]

Beautiful. Marvelous. What brilliance.

[anilshirsat]

Amazing, how the man get benefits from the natural forces for his well being without harming the nature.
Salute to the brains that thought of sustainable development, and also thanks to them.👌👍😇

[muhammadabuzarkhan]

God bless, the Dutch! I wish to live in a windmill one day. It have been one if my childish fantasies for years.

[jimcoulter]

I just can not tell you my opinion of these Beautiful windmills and the inside of them. Fantastic! Love the Beauty of them!

[hameshaindian]

such a lovingly made little documentary. thank you all.

[btbuilder]

after seeing this i want to construct a windmill in my farm. thanks for uploading this.

[Captleemo]

Fascinating. There is some serious carpentry skills involved in making one of those what with the wooden gears and all. I became curious about these after watching the movie Sleepy Hollow with Johhny Depp in which the interior of a windmill is shown toward the end of the movie.

[jenniferlade]

This was so helpful. We were reading “The Winged Watchman” and this video gave us so much more information.

[smirkinatu]

Thank you for recording and posting this educational video.

[LoveMusic-pdiz]

Charming narration, beautiful background music. Thank you, Fred, for your demonstration! So happy to see these windmills are being kept in good condition and still being used for practical purposes. I have never had the opportunity to visit one. I did see an operation water driven mill, still used for grinding grain - fascinating.

[JBiggsNewJersey]

That looks like a great life to live right there. And no commute time to work!

[postposs]

Thank you I needed to know what a windmill did for this project I'm doing