Tag: village

Windmill Village – Zaanse Schans

What you are looking at is essentially a well constructed movie set; something that serves as art, history and a massive tourist attraction. I will provide some links that might help you look up the history and background of this place, while I will keep this post free of all that clutter and just share some pics taken there ?

Windmill at Entrance.jpg
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To Walk The Distance

Shimanga is a rusty old town in the middle of nowhere. In fact, it would have become a ghost town had it not been for the iron ore deposits next to it. Thanks to this, a relatively small industry was thriving in this place for almost hundred and twenty years.

The ‘Trishool’ steel factory was the only god known to the thousands of laborers who lived in that place. There were hardly a handful people who had business apart from the factory.

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