The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. Kinderdijk is in a polder where the Lek and Noord rivers meet. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands.

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The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. Kinderdijk is in a polder where the Lek and Noord rivers meet. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites on Europe's rivers

Walk back in time. Follow the paths taken for centuries. Just imagine what life was like throughout history. These are the reasons so many of us travel — the chance to explore.

A European river cruise allows you to visit so many culturally significant that each day, you can walk back in time. If you choose a cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, the Visual List above shows some of the sights you can see.

I'm agnostic as far as cruise lines — I've heard good things about AmaWaterways, Avalon, Uniworld, Scenic and Viking. The sites above can all be found along the route of a 14 night cruise on Viking Modi that my husband and I took.

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