Available LanguagesLanguage En Wevelgem - Old workshop op Eugène BaekelandtIf you look to the right, the inland direction, you can spot at least two former artificial retting and scutching workshops. The one, before reaching, the bridge between Wevelgem and Lauwe is the old workshop op Eugène Baekelandt, It was built in 1938, and stayed in operation until 1992. Eugène was the last flax retter in Wevelgem. The new owner has kept all the buildings and transformed into a house.
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 Bousbecque - Paper mill Dalle & Lecompte 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’ Menen - Old Leie and new Leie Comines - The Railway station Kortrijk - Tuileries du Littoral Wevelgem Airport Kortrijk - Soetens Molen Wervik - Brieken-windmill Menen - Saint Johns Mill Flax retting and scutching site D’hondt at Menen Kortrijk railway station and the new town planning Bissegem - centre of flax retting and scutching Wervik - National Tobacco Museum Menen - The old ‘new’ locks Place to visit Menen Wevelgem Comines Comines - Musée de la Rubanerie Cominoise Wervik Kortrijk - Texture, museum over Leie en vlas Kortrijk 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
