Hope makes live

Hoop Doet Leven is a polder mill in Voorhout. This ground sailor originally stood in Rijnsburg, where he was built for the drainage of the Kamphuizen polder. The mill has an iron paddle wheel outside the mill, which is half covered.

Due to expansion of the Flora flower auction, there was no room left for the mill. In 1999, the mill was moved to the Elsgeest polder, where it was put into operation on November 11, 2000. The mill now discharges the Elsgeest polder on a voluntary basis. Remarkable detail: Hoop Doet Leven became the property of the Rijnlandse Molenstichting when the mill was half a meter above the ground. The mill was no longer property then, and therefore fell under a more favorable tax rate.