2 Best Sights in The Randstad, Netherlands

De Adriaan Museummolen

This impressive wooden smock windmill was first constructed in 1788 on the foundations of a former defensive tower just east of the city center. The original structure burned to the ground in 1932, but was replaced some 70 years later by this faithful replica. Visits of the interior mill workings are by 45-minute guided tour only, and include an exhibition on windmill technology, plus great views of the city from the fourth-floor balcony.
Windmill
Papentorenvest 1a, Haarlem, North Holland, 2011 AV, Netherlands
023-545–0259
www.molenadriaan.nl
Sights Details
Rate Includes: €5.50, Closed Tues.–Thurs. Nov.–Feb., Mar.–Oct., weekdays 1–5, weekends 10:30–5; Nov.–Feb., Mon. and Fri. 1–4:30, weekends 10:30–4:30

Delftse Molen de Roos

Just to the west of Oude Delft is Phoenixstraat, where you'll find this working flour mill that originally stood on the town ramparts. Parts of the mill date back to 1679. The platform encircling the mill about halfway up was restored in 1990, and the whole building underwent a second, crowd-funded restoration in 2014. Unused for many years, grain is once again milled here and available for purchase in the Ambacht shop on the ground floor. When the miller is working, you can usually climb up the vertiginous stairs to get a view from the platform as the sails swoosh by.

Windmill
Phoenixstraat 112, Delft, South Holland, 2611 AK, Netherlands
delftsemolen.nl
Sights Details
Rate Includes: Free, Closed Sun.–Tues., Thurs.–Sat. 10–noon, and occasionally Sun. 10–noon (when miller is present)