Molen De Vlieger, South Holland Province, The Netherlands
4.5 (26 reviews) Tuesday: Spent < 1 hour Ranking #3 in Voorburg Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings • Educational sites
Great bit of Dutch history
Windmill De Vlieger is a poldermill built in 1621 to drain the Veen- en Binckhorstpolder. Its scoopwheel of more than 5 meters can drain the water from the polder up to a height of 1 meter. The mill is still fully operational and runs regularly. It has been transformed into a museum. The living room on the groundfloor still looks as in 1900. From the landing on the first floot one can see how the large vertical axle transfers the motion of the wings to the scoopwheel. On the second floor different operating models of several mill types can be seen.
Address
Essepad 3, 2272 JS Voorburg The Netherlands
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Website
http://www.molendevlieger.nl
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Wednesday : 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Saturday : 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 21:24
User Ratings
4.5 based on (26 reviews)
Reviews
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5RitaCecilia 5:00 PM Nov 10, 2016
A pleasant and magical travel in history that keeps you surprised up until the end of the visit and much longer!
The guided tour with the resourceful Henk was very enlightening on the great history of Molen De Vlieger. It is amazing how everything is kept in the Molen reflecting the daily life of the miller, you almost feel he's going to enter from the door anytime. The visit left me happily very well informed and fascinated!
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5chickandbeast 5:00 PM Oct 28, 2018
Mill in The Netherlands
A working mill Molen de Vlieger in Voorburg The Netherlands built in 1621 to drain the Veen- en Binckhorst polder on a farm. Definition of a polder is a low-lying tract of land surrounded by dikes, a depression, that form an artificial hydrological entity. There is no connection with outside water other than through manually operated devices so it cant drain itself. This Molen windmill is very good at clearing the water as its scoop wheel measures an impressive 5 metres plus. Cool tuing to see.
