Museummolen De Walvisch

A beautiful fully functional windmill located at/near the museum quarter at Schiedam. It's truly worth a visit! The surrounding area is very pretty and you can combine the visit with a few fantastic museums nearby

Very large windmill with a lovely movie theater and interactive learning experience. The Miller had time to talk to us and was very explanatory about everything in the mill. He showed is how it worked and what the regulations etc were. Overall very nice experience on such an altitude.

Open on Sundays!
Informative visit starting with short movie projection on the windmill wall explaining past and present of windmill industry in the city. The wind mills has exhibits on all levels to explains gears and milling, with hands on opportunities. Operator onsite to answer questions. Easy parking on weekends. Easy access on bike and boat.

8.50€ per adult.

Possible to purchase wide variety of flours and grains at compétitive prices.

This is well worth the time if you are interested in the mechanics or history of a mill. The mill guide is very knowledgeable and a great presenter.

In this building we can enjoy the rooms that used as the restoran and store, the factory of flour, the movie room, the educational room to explain the history and the equipment that was used to build and maintenance the building. In the top room we can see the machine to make flour which using wind mill.
From this room we can go to the balcony and see the lovely view from the top.

If you want to see what is about exactly the wind mill that using as milling machine, you must visite this place!

Nice authentic museum, good views and a very friendly enthusiastic miller who took us up and had a lot of cool facts to share.

One of the "Giants of Schiedam". If you ever wanted to know how a traditional windmill works, this is you chance. But be careful, the steep stairs are not for the faint hearted! Once on the balcony you have a beautiful view over the city of Schiedam where you can spot the tops of the other giants. This windmill also houses a little shop where you can grab a coffee with a treat.

So amazing guided tour from real Miller. Recommend 100%. It is interesting for both kids and adults!

The view from the top was beautiful. I do recommend to visit the highest Mill of the world!

Superb.

Beautiful windmill with friendly staff. This is also the location from where the local tour boat departs and arrives, and where you can buy tickets for the boat.

I believe everyone involved is a volunteer, all seem to really enjoy being there.

My boat and museum tour was in Dutch, so inquire before hand if English is possible. Would be nice for the historical and anecdotal information, but I believe without you will still have a very nice experience. I did see printed information in multiple languages.

The windmill has different floors, the higher up you go the steeper the stairs. Good place to conquer your fear of heights 😉.

GF - museum entrance & shop
1 - flex working area
2 - miller's work & storage area
3 - start of museum tour
4 - interactive area where you can mill your own bag of flour
5 - actual mill area, this mill is still in working condition and has three milling stones
5 - outside deck with stunning views and if you are afraid of heights, 'don't look down'.

The boat tour takes about 1 to 2.5 hours and takes you around all of Schiedam's canals. Even though I'm from here it was still informational and is just lovely. When the weather is nice, then I always take my guests for a boat tour.

I believe the boat tour is only available in Dutch, but they have printed information in other languages. It is usually a mixed crowd, and everyone appears to enjoy themselves wether they fully understand or not.

Boating season is from April to October I believe, check the website yourself!

Great museum to understand how mulin is operating

We saw the sails being set and start moving so went in for a closer look. There's a really informative film and then the great guides spent a lot of time showing us around and explaining the machinery. This is a truly awesome mill. Great views, too.

Fantastic place with very informative millers. Definitely worth a visit

Top guide of this now very rare activity, not suitable for who suffers from vertigo. Totally recommend this for everyone.

Friendly staff and great products

Nice and formative experience. The place is well-maintained and beautiful to visit

Very nice windmill, visit this place during Molendag, so free entry

Highly recommended to visit!

Friendly staff, great selection of products. And the best part, it is located inside a windmill :)