A National Mills Day is an event celebrating windmills and is held in several European countries. In the United Kingdom, it occurs annually on the second Sunday in May.
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A National Mills Day is an event celebrating windmills and is held in several European countries.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Netherlands
Written in its own script on record as Nationale Molendag.
03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
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Chapter Takeaways
Other countriesElsewhere in Europe, similar events are held in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other countries.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is National Mills Day in plain words?
A National Mills Day is an event celebrating windmills and is held in several European countries. In local script on record, it is written Nationale Molendag.
Where is National Mills Day practised or documented?
Sources on this page place National Mills Day in Netherlands.
What is the current condition of National Mills Day today?
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A National Mills Day is an event celebrating windmills and is held in several European countries. In the United Kingdom, it occurs annually on the second Sunday in May. It started off as a single day event, but expanded to include Saturday as well as Sunday, and is now promoted as National Mills Weekend. The event is coordinated by the Wind and Watermills section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Traditionally, many preserved wind and watermills that are usually closed to the general public open their doors and offer an insight into the mill workings and history.
In support of National Mills Day, since 2025 Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Club coordinates hundreds of Amateur Radio stations who operate from alongside and sometimes inside the mills. The event was previously organised by Denby Dale Amateur Radio Club since its inception in 1996. 1
Other countries
Elsewhere in Europe, similar events are held in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other countries. Germany has the Deutscher Mühlentag on Whit Monday. The Netherlands holds its nationale Molendag on the second Saturday in May. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “National Mills Day”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
National Mills Day is event in the United Kingdom on the 2nd Sunday in May, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2