Polder Mill

North Holland · April 1915

A polder is a low-lying field won from the water. This one lies below the canal beside it, and a mill keeps it dry by lifting the water out. Here it is in April 1915, with the miller’s family who work the mill and the life along the canal around them.

The tour has seven stops around a typical mill and its fields: the dike road, the polder, the road to market, the bulb fields, a boat ride to the bridge, the miller’s house and the farm. Each stop has a chapter on the history of what you see there. You can also set off on foot from any stop, or change the weather. The sound comes on as you enter, and the Sound button turns it off.

The mill is modelled on Nederwaard No. 2 at Kinderdijk, and the rest is a composite of North Holland. Under About you will find the sources, the credits and how it was built.