Available LanguagesLanguage En Kortrijk - Blanchisserie de CourtraiIn the mid-19th c, probably between 1840 and 1850, the linen bleachers Vercruysse erected the first buildings of a new bleaching mill, which should in 1920 become the 'Blanchisserie de Courtrai'. The oldest building still exists. It is the oldest industrial building in the town and representative for the 19th c industrial construction techniques. It has cast iron columns who beared wooden beams and floors. The main developments took place after it became the ‘Blanchisserie de Courtrai’, when the equipment was modernized and mechanized, when new sheds were added and also a modern office building. Gallery:
Typology: Walk Travel time: 3 h Route Difficulty: Easy Places to visit Alternative activities Hotel and Restaurantes Places to visitAlternative activities Hotel and Restaurantes Alternative Activities Kortrijk - The Banque de Courtrai Kortrijk - Blanchisserie de Courtrai Menen - Windmill ‘De Goede Hoop’ Menen - Brewer’s House Les Trois Rois Kortrijk - The Buda Island & Factory Wevelgem - Old workshop op Eugène Baekelandt Kortrijk - Europaspinnerij Menen -The Tobacco factory Menen - French custom house Kortrijk - The Texture-museum Wevelgem - The ‘Groot Volander’ flax farm Kortrijk - Remains of the Flax spinning mill ‘De Kien’ Comines - The Railway station Menen - Old Leie and new Leie Kortrijk - Tuileries du Littoral Wevelgem Airport Kortrijk - Soetens Molen Wervik - Brieken-windmill Flax retting and scutching site D’hondt at Menen Menen - Saint Johns Mill Bissegem - centre of flax retting and scutching Kortrijk railway station and the new town planning Wervik - National Tobacco Museum Menen - The old ‘new’ locks Bousbecque - Paper mill Dalle & Lecompte Place to visit Wevelgem Comines Comines - Musée de la Rubanerie Cominoise Wervik Kortrijk - Texture, museum over Leie en vlas Kortrijk Menen EXPLORE THE STAGES OF THE ITINERARY Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5 Every dayDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 Apply