De Gooyer

The Netherlands is the country of windmills, so we had to include at least one windmill in our list of monuments. At Meet The Cities our favorite windmill of Amsterdam is De Gooyer, which is the tallest wooden windmill in the Netherlands. The windmill has undergone many renovations since the 16th century and has even been moved around the city. But it stands in it’s current place since 1814. The windmill was used for grinding grains up until the 1960’s. Today the windmill is still being used from time to time, but it doesn’t grind any grain anymore. But it’s still a lovely piece of Holland.