Despite the stop-and-go nature of the work, the age-old craft of harnessing wind power to drain lowlands, saw lumber or grind grain is enjoying a renaissance in the Netherlands, a nation famous ...

The project, which is headed by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, was completed in 2011. The Provincial government’s Spatial Planning Decree lays down rules for the mills that are meant ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill's cutting floor, six blades briefly ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP ... 1923 to represent the interests of windmills and millers. “The miller’s craft is on the list of UNESCO intangible heritage, ” she added.