Ten generations ago, wheat flour was milled and linseed oil pressed just as it is today at this wooden windmill, perched on the highest point in town to catch the wind. The mill-keeper offers excellent 45-minute tours in which he demonstrates the internal workings of the mill and explains the historical context of windmills in French Flanders.
During the 19th century the region's skyline was dotted with 2000 such windmills!
