Niebert Windmill, Netherlands

The Niebert Windmill is still used for grinding flour, and you can watch it being ground, then buy some of it for your baking.

Interior , Niebert Windmill, Netherlands

This is a very tall windmill, I think there are six staircases inside it and we went up them all. In the Netherlands most stairs resemble ladders, they are incredibly steep, even within private homes, often it feels safer to go down them backwards as then you can hold on to the step as well as the handrail.

Interior Stairs, Niebert Windmill, Netherlands

The windmill is part working mill and part museum. You can watch flour being ground in some Scottish mills too, but ours are run by water power so don’t feature sails.

Stairs, Niebert Windmill, Netherlands

Nieder windmill view, Netherlands

It was incredibly windy up there and although I’m not usually bothered by heights, this was scary as the fenceĀ  is very small and it felt too easy to get blown over it. I didn’t stay there long! Somehow in the photo it doesn’t look at all high but six ‘ladders’ can’t lie! The flag is the Groningen state flag.

Nieder windmill, view from platform Groningen flag

Stairs , Nieder windmill, Netherlands

Platform , Nieder windmill, Netherlands

4 thoughts on “Niebert Windmill, Netherlands

  1. This is so cool! I am not usually bothered by heights either but it does look a bit tricky. I hope you bought some flour!

  2. How interesting to see what the inside of that windmill looks like . And all of those steep stairs! I admire the engineering involved in the design process.

    • Paula,
      I’m amazed by all the movement that goes on to grind the flour, they look like something dreamt up by Heath Robinson!

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