Available LanguagesLanguage En Wevelgem - The ‘Groot Volander’ flax farmThe Leie was straightened out and made navigable for ships up to 1350 tonnes. Before passing under the bridge of the motorway we can remark a little stretch of the old Leie meander, now enclosed by the motorway and the industrial estate. This was the place where the ‘Groot Volander’ flax farm retted the flax in the Leie. The farm has disappeared and the Volander site is now a popular place for anglers. Immediately after the bridge there is another former former river arm. 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