De Hoop, Sleen

De Hoop (English: 'The Hope') is a smock mill in Sleen, Drenthe, the Netherlands, which has been restored to working order.

[2] To replace it, the mill known as De Gunst,[3] also known as the Molen van Nefkens, was moved from Amersfoort, Utrecht by millwright L Reinds of Beilen.

Society "Sleener Molen Stichting ‘De Hoop’" was founded in 2012 to work the mill.

The four Common Sails have a span of 24.62 metres (80 ft 9 in) and are carried in a cast-iron windshaft cast by Enthuizen in 1861.

[1] De Hoop is open to the public whenever a blue flag is flying.