The Best Sight in Delft, The Randstad

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Compact and easy to traverse despite its web of canals, Delft is best explored on foot, although water taxis are available in summer to give you an armchair ride through the heart of town. Everything you might want to see is in the old center, with the exception of the two Delftware factories, which are an additional 15 minutes' walk or a short taxi ride away.

Delftse Molen de Roos

Just to the west of Oude Delft is Phoenixstraat, where you'll find this working flour mill that originally stood on the town ramparts. Parts of the mill date back to 1679. The platform encircling the mill about halfway up was restored in 1990, and the whole building underwent a second restoration in 2014. Unused for many years, grain is once again milled here and available for purchase in the shop on the ground floor. When the miller isn't working you can climb up the vertiginous stairs to get a view from the platform. Thursdays are usually milling days, and you can visit the shop at this time, but the mill workings are off-limits.

Phoenixstraat 112, Delft, 2611 AK, Netherlands
015-887–1162
Sight Details
Free
Closed Sun.–Tues. and Thurs.

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