Past the watermills in the Kempen

Your cycling route starts at Restaurant Lekkerr Steensel. This route alternates between picturesque green villages and the bustling city center and suburbs of Eindhoven. In three of those villages you will see beautiful watermills. The first mill you pass is the Volmolen in Waalre. The originally medieval mill was destroyed by a storm in 1962. Nowadays, the rebuilt mill is used to generate electricity. The Venbergse Molen is a watermill on the Dommel, just like the Volmolen. The first mention dates from 1227, when the mill was owned by a sister order. The Stevertse Molen is an underslung water mill on a bridge over the Run. The mill was destroyed in 1702 by the Spanish and French during the War of the Spanish Succession, but was subsequently rebuilt.