Village, Holland

Because a large part of Holland has peaty soil, the houses in the villages were built of wood. The houses were painted in green and in grey colours. Each village had its own colour green or grey. you still can see these houses on the Zaanse Schans in green colours and in the village Borek in Waterland in grey colours. In every village you could find windmills. These windmills were used for production or for controlling the water housekeeping. The Function of the windmills has nowadays taken by machines.