Kinderdijk

Kinderdijk is a village in the polder of the . It's a popular, yet authentic, tourist destination for its large network of windmills. They received recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
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  • Type: Village with 811 residents
  • Description: farm village in the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Kinderdijk-Elshout”, “Réseau des moulins de Kinderdijk-Elshout”, “טחנות הרוח בקינדרדייק-אלסהוט”, “キンダーダイク”, “キンダーデイク”, “キンデルダイク-エルスハウトの風車群”, “キンデルダイク＝エルスハウトの風車網”, and “キンデルデイク”
  • Postal code: 2961

Places of Interest

Highlights: Van Zessen House and Eendenkooi Bakkerswaal.

Museum
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is a museum.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ridderkerk and Alblasserdam.

Town
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is a town and municipality in the western , in the province of .

Village
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is a town and municipality in the western…

Village
is a town in the western , in the province of .

Kinderdijk

Latitude
51.8887° or 51° 53′ 19″ north
Longitude
4.6357° or 4° 38′ 9″ east
Population
811
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL KIJ
Open location code
9F36VJQP+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1198516303
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2752828
Wiki­data ID
Q740066
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Kinderdijk” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Armenian: “Կինդերդեյք”
  • Asturian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kinderdeyk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kinderdijk”
  • Bulgarian: “Киндердейкски вятърни мелници”
  • Catalan: “Xarxa de molins de Kinderdijk-Elshout”
  • Cebuano: “Kinderdijk”
  • Chinese: “小孩堤防”
  • Croatian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Dutch: “Kinderdijk”
  • Esperanto: “Kinderdijk”
  • Finnish: “Kinderdijk”
  • French: “Kinderdijk”
  • Georgian: “კინდერდეიკი”
  • German: “Kinderdijk”
  • Greek: “Κίντερνταϊκ”
  • Hebrew: “טחנות הרוח בקינדרדייק-אלסהאוט”
  • Hebrew: “קינדרדייק”
  • Hungarian: “Kinderdijk-elshouti malomrendszer”
  • Ido: “Kinderdijk”
  • Indonesian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Irish: “Kinderdijk”
  • Italian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Japanese: “キンデルダイク”
  • Korean: “킨데르데이크”
  • Ladin: “Kinderdijk”
  • Lithuanian: “Kinderdeikas”
  • Macedonian: “Киндердајк”
  • Maltese: “Kinderdijk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kinderdijk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vindmøllene i Kinderdijk-Elshout”
  • Norwegian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Persian: “کیندردیک”
  • Polish: “Kinderdijk”
  • Portuguese: “Kinderdijk”
  • Romanian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Russian: “Киндердейк”
  • Serbian: “Киндердајк”
  • Serbian: “Киндердијк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Slovenian: “Kinderdijk”
  • Spanish: “Kinderdijk”
  • Swedish: “Kinderdijk”
  • Turkish: “Kinderdijk”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіндердайк”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіндердейк”
  • Urdu: “کنڈر ڈائیک”
  • Vietnamese: “Kinderdijk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kinderdijk”
  • Yue Chinese: “金德代克”
  • Zeeuws: “Kinderdiek”
  • “Kinderdijk”

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