Schiedam lies to the west of Rotterdam,The Netherlands. It has a small yet charming 18th century town center, looking like a pocket-size Amsterdam. At the western edge of Schiedam’s old center, lined up along the former outer canal, stand the world’s six tallest windmills.
Their location explains their height. When the windmills were built, between 1770 and 1803, they stood in what was then the edge of town and the industrial area. They were built for the grinding of grain needed for the distillation of gin, then Schiedam’s main industry. To catch as much wind as possible, they were made to stand high above the city, which came to lie at their feet. Filmed by John Valk. Textsource:http://goeurope.about.com/od/thenetherlands/a/tall_windmills.htm
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i live next to the Walvisch.
the beige (yellow) one is getting rebuild now.
I dont know for sure but i think it's going to call the Camel.
My mother's birthplace…
Lovely little video…
Mooie film.om mijn geboortestad Schiedan. Ik herken de muziek. Wie heeft die geschreven? Toch niet Vivaldi?
Good afternoon, I am writing to you about the program "La Tarde Aquí y Ahora" de Canal Sur, TV (Andalucía). The reason is that the next Monday 23rd October, we'll have a guest who lived in Schiedam, Holland for a long time, and during his interview, we would like to use some images that appear in this video published by you, for which we wanted to request authorization for the use of this images, which would only be used in our program. For our part, we would cite the source during the issuance. Thank you very much in advance for your collaboration and I look forward to your response as soon as possible. Best Regards.
Ik ben in Schiedam geboren,
Daar heeft mijn wieg gestaan,
Later ben ik gaan reizen,
Naar Australia gegaan……..
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