Through the watery area in the Zwolle area

Genemuiden is located on the Zwarte Water, whose floodplains are the most important growing place of the purplish chickweed. Genemuiden is the third largest city in Northwest Overijssel, also called the Kop van Overijssel. Traditionally, Genemuiden has mainly depended on rush cultivation. Processing rushes was an important source of income for the city. You will also see many waterways, because the area has been extensively reclaimed. There are three types of polders in the Netherlands: reclaimed land, embankment and reclamation. Open water has been reclaimed in a reclaimed land. Here a lake or puddle has literally been dried up. A dike is a reclamation of an area on the coast. These are often salt marshes that have dried up here and dikes protect the area and now keep the water away. During reclamation, natural wasteland is cleared and prepared for cultural cultivation. Reclamation does not always have to result in a polder landscape; former peat, swamp, heath or dune areas can of course also be given a different purpose. In Hasselt you can visit the beautiful flour mill De Zwaluw  to admire. The first mill on this site was built in 1784, but it was necessary to rebuild it after a fire in 1857. The tower mill has a few beautiful commercial buildings that once belonged to the mill complex. A volunteer miller still regularly puts De Zwaluw into operation. Another beautiful example is the Monnikenmolen in Sint Jansklooster. The tower mill, built in 1857, is covered with reeds. This mill also functioned and still functions as a flour mill. Where De Zwaluw is more built-in, this mill and its outbuildings can be seen from afar. A beautiful picture!