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Flowerport Nanhui | Holland Village Gao Qiao | England Square Song Jiang

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Along the South-East coast, not far from Luchogang, a Chino-Dutch joint effort has created the beginning of Flowerport, a copy" of the famous Dutch Keukenhof, opened for the public early 2005.

There are three mills, but remarkably bad copies of real Dutch windmills. The wings are far too short! Chinese can make much better copies! Why? Safety?
If you want to see or know more about Dutch Windmills, goto The Dutch Mill Database

The copy

A real one
"Hermien" ©wildrosevaley
in Harreveld province of Gelderland
pending request permission to publish

The copy



A real one
"Salamander" ©amko-grafics
A wood-saw Mill in Leidschendam
pending request permission to publish

The copy



A real one
"De Distilleerketel" ©skyscrapercity
A flour Mill in Rotterdam-Delfshaven
pending requested permission to publish
In the far North of Pudong is "Holland Village" Designed by Kuipers Engineering with a Dutch Windmill

An almost real Mill,
but cast in concrete


A real one
the "Bolwerksmolen" (1863) in Deventer, The Netherlands

© Foto: W. Jans (04-07-2001).pending request permission to publish
South-West of Shanghai city is Song Jiang

Nearby the big new University is conference Centre "England Leisure Square" with a Dutch Windmill alongside the Shanghai - Hangzhou Freeway,




A real eight sided stage mill
the "Eva" (1891) in Usquert, The Netherlands

© Foto: B.D. Poppen (2003).permission to publish received

Shanghai Mills

Flowerport Nanhui | Holland Village Gao Qiao | England Square Song Jiang

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