Leiden, Zaanse Schans

In the fourth day, they moved to Leiden by train and visited Rijiksmuseum voor Volkskunden and Hortus Botanicus.

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Molen  van Put (windmill of Put) at Oude Rijin (Old Rhein)

Japanese horse chestnut in Hortus Botanicus was brought from Japan by Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold in 1823 to 1829.

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Japanese horse chestnut in Hortus Botanicus

After Leiden, they visited Zaanse Schans to see rotating wind mills. Those mills were erected in 1676. For more detailed information, please see web site of The Zaan Windmill Society.

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Wind mills in Zaanse Schans

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2003/10/10


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