The trestle windmill standing at the gate of Eemu farmstead in the village of Linnuse in Muhumaa is one of the few functional and working windmills in Estonia. Jüri Ling, a man living in the same village, rebuilt the windmill that stands at the distance of ca 1 km from the dyke of Väike Väin on the old base.
The foregoer of a mill was a quern, first moved by the power of water and later by the power of wind. First records of windmills with upright vanes date back to the 12th century Western Europe; windmills have been known in Livonia since 1330. The small farm windmills of West-Estonia and the islands constitute an outstanding phenomenon in peasant architecture with counterparts only in Scandinavia and West-Finland.
In addition to exploring the windmill one can also try to grind with a quern.

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