Along the water mills in the Kempen

Your cycle route starts at Restaurant Lekkerr Steensel. Picturesque green villages and the bustling city center and suburbs of Eindhoven alternate on this route. In three of those villages you can see beautiful water mills. The first mill you pass is the Volmolen in Waalre. The originally medieval mill was destroyed by a storm in 1962. Today, the rebuilt mill is used to generate electricity. The Venbergse Molen is a water mill 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 undershot 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 rebuilt afterwards.