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How tall is Dutch windmill?

Dutch windmill silhouette
30 mheight

A traditional Dutch windmill is about 30 m tall.

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  • 2.5× the city bus (12 m)
  • 0.29× a football pitch (105 m)
  • 5.45× the giraffe (5.5 m)
  • 6.67× the family car (4.5 m)

How to picture 30 m

Start from something you can see right now. Dutch windmill is about 2.5× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.

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