Tilting at windmills policies. The movie "They Might Be Giants" (1971) features a reference to Don Quixote thinking that the windmills are giants, and the movie is named after that reference. Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, in a 1972 album release by the same name, wrote and recorded the song Don Quixote which contained the lines "through the woodland, through the valley, comes a horseman wild and free; "tilting at the windmills passing", who can the brave young horseman be...". The alternative Santa Barbara band Toad the Wet Sprocket released the album "Dulcinea" in 1994. Named for the love interest of Don Quixote, the
Windmills in Leeuwarden mill was probably demolished shortly after. It was owned by Fabrikaat M A Bokma de Boer. A mill of unknown type was built in 1842. It was a chicory mill. A steam engine was installed in 1855 and the mill was demolished shortly afterwards. It was owned by W ter Horst. A mill of unknown type stood on the south side of the Vrouwenpoortsdwinger, . The mill was built before 1565 and was demolished between 1664 and 1685. Windmills in Leeuwarden The city of Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands has had at least 130 windmills over the centuries. Only one, the