Windmills

When you think of Flanders, you would think of windmill. We saw a few of them during our visit to Belgium. Out of the ones which we've seen, I personally think that the Schellemolen windmill near Damme is the most beautiful.



The present Schellemolen windmill built in 1876. It stands right besides the beautiful Damse Vaart. The surroundings is beautiful when we visited. It is also one of the few Belgium windmills that is open to the public (and for free!).  When we visited the windmill, the operator (or windmiller?) was grinding some grain for stock feed. According to him, the windmill can easily grind one big bag of grain in 10 minutes when the wind is strong!

We also saw a few more windmills in Brugge. With some spare time on our hand, we spent a while imitating the windmills. Here are a couple of successful takes:


Going solo!


A combined effort! Do you see the resemblance?