Walking the dikes between the two mill rows is free at any hour, which is the single most useful thing to know about this place.
Paths run the length of the drainage canals with mills on both banks, and no gate stands between you and them. That matters most at either end of the day: turn up before the ticket office opens or long after the last river-cruise group has gone and you get the reflections to yourself. Reckon on a couple of hours and roughly ten thousand steps for the full length, on exposed ground with no shelter, so bring layers and something waterproof. People live in the mills that are not museums, so treat the gardens and doorsteps as the private property they are.
Highlights
- No ticket needed
- Open at any hour
- Roughly 10,000 steps end to end
Insider tips
- →Summer sunsets here land near ten at night, long after the paid zone shuts.
- →Drones are banned and signposted as such, because this is a residential village.
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Where you'll find it
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
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