On the ground floor is the reception area with the possibility to buy souvenirs. On the semicircular back-wall you can see the Panorama of Haarlem set around 1800, painted by Chiel Braat recently.
On the 1st floor, visitors can watch videos about windmills in general, and the Adriaan windmill in particular.
You will find our permanent exhibition on the 2nd floor. The story of Dutch windmills is told by means of beautiful, detailed, models.
On the 3rd floor you will find a man-sized model of the Adriaan windmill. With a hand mill you can also try to grind grain yourself!
Here you can go outside onto the large wrap-around balcony. There you can enjoy the beautiful view over the city of Haarlem and the river Spaarne. This floor was used to store the milled flour.
Several times a week the windmill blades turn and then a large vertical wooden shaft with a large gear wheel above your head rotates. Regularly the mill stone set is connected to this main shaft so that flour can be milled.
What a great tour we had of the windmill. Loekin our guide was delightful and she seemed to really enjoy telling us about the workings of the windmill and some history. The view from the top is lovely and we were lucky enough to be there when the windmill was running - what a treat.
Brilliant attraction. Staff and guide very friendly and the interior of the mill is well designed as a museum.
We had a guided tour, in English, that proved insightful and interesting. The tour provides insights into windmills across the Netherlands. Be prepared to climb ladders and step out onto the platform on which millers set the windmill's sails. Our visit was one of the highlights of our time in the Netherlands.
I was truly amazed at all the detail of work that goes into designing and building this wonderful structures.Great Euro 3.50 invested in the tour.
We visited Haarlem as a day trip from Amsterdam and whilst there we visited the windmill. The tour is really interesting and undertaken by a really knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide with an obvious passion for the windmill, its workings, and sharing this with her visitors. The tour is also excellent value and if you are in Haarlem I highly recommend...
