Our last day took us to Kinderdyke, a World Heritage Site. Here centuries-old windmills line the dykes still performing age-old role of moving water to prevent flooding.
The windmills were also used during the Nazi occupation to pass signals to dissidents. Positions of the arms of the windmill had meaning, for example: safe or unsafe travel. They also gave more personal messages: birth of a baby or one for mourning - appropriate for us.
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| Kinderdyke,, Centuries-old windmills on the canals |
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| Position of sails to show mourning. |
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