Banks seem to pop out of the ground, flourish, merge and change their names almost too quickly to keep track of.

Despite the stop-and-go nature of the work, the age-old craft ... carried from Dutch colonies. Despite more modern technology such as electric pumping stations, many of the windmills are still ...

from its Unesco World Heritage-site Kinderdijk windmills that have been habitable and operational since the 16th century; to the iconic Cube houses of Rotterdam designed by another Dutch ...

Because the windmills are very old, they are an important part of Dutch history. We have to look after them otherwise we lose a part of our history. If you'd like to visit, that would be fine by me.