Wednesday was such a beautiful day, I decided to go for a bike ride to Schiedam. Schiedam is an old town just to the west of Rotterdam, and is pretty much a suburb of the city now. The town is mostly known for its windmills and distilleries. The town used to be surrounded by 19 giant mills used for grinding grain for the distilleries, but now only five(among the tallest in Europe) remain. There are also only five distilleries remaining out of once was over 400. The distilleries make Genever which uses juniper berries to get its particular flavour. The town was very nice and had some beautiful canals:
Here are two of the windmills, with the genever warehouses across the canal.
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The main church in Schiedam:
I can't remember what this was... Maybe the city hall, or another church.
Here are two of the windmills, with the genever warehouses across the canal.
Again:
The main church in Schiedam:
I can't remember what this was... Maybe the city hall, or another church.
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