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Windmills

Windmills in Amsterdam

For centuries the Dutch relied on windmills for energy production and had built about 9000 of them by the 19th century. Traditional windmills, such as these in the countryside near Amsterdam, can be seen all over the Netherlands, and many are still in use. The country's mostly low-lying terrain has few topographical features to impede the wind that operates the mills.




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