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Friesland · History

De Zwaluw mill: flour and timber under one roof

De Zwaluw in Birdaard, called Burdaard on the visitor website, combines the functions of a corn mill, a hulling mill and a sawmill. The guided visit gives you the chance to tell these different activities apart.

Plan your visit ↗

From tree to plank

The visitor information mentions sawmills with saw frames. During the explanation you can follow where the timber is fed in and how the sawing is organised. Whether the machinery is working at the time of your visit is something to ask in advance or on site.

Up in the mill

The route through the mill takes in several floors and the gallery. This lets you see the fittings on several levels. Use the guided tour as a guide to how the drive and the workplace fit together, rather than trying to understand each machine separately.

Taking the product home

The organisation mentions flour sales on Fridays and Saturdays. That is a shop activity with its own conditions; a sales day is not automatically a day on which a guided tour is possible. A different time can be arranged for groups.

Before you go

Lots of stairs. Confirm the visiting season: the mill’s own pages differ on when the Saturday opening applies.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 1

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

  2. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 2

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

  3. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 3

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

  4. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 4

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

  5. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 5

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

  6. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 6

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

  7. Koren-, Pel- en Houtzaagmolen De Zwaluw — source 7

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference. Model output is not a source of evidence; content, authority, currency and independence must be checked separately.

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