Windmills

A miller needed no words to share the news: from the position of the sails, the whole village could see whether there was something to celebrate or to mourn. Windmills ground grain, sawed timber and kept the polders dry, and more than a thousand of them still stand in the Netherlands today. At De Holland Winkel you will find this Dutch icon on over 150 souvenirs and gifts. Choose a miniature windmill in Delft blue or in colour, from a five-centimetre model to a musical windmill, or bring the mill into your home on mugs, tea towels, oven gloves, a cheese board or a cheese slicer. There are small gifts too, such as key rings and fridge magnets, along with Delft blue Christmas ornaments for the festive season and a tin of stroopwafels decorated with windmills for anyone with a sweet tooth. That way there is always a fitting windmill gift, whether as a souvenir of a visit to the Netherlands, as a business gift or for someone who misses the Dutch landscape.