Nederland - Sluis, ‘De Brak’

In the Middle Ages Sluis - a walled city - had a dozen mills. The only remaining windmill is‘De Brak’, named after a French breed 'Braque', a hunting dog always running with his nose in the wind.

The mill was built in 1739 and was the first in the region made of stone. The upper part of the smock mill can be put into the direction of the wind, which is called ‘kruien’ by the miller. From the stage one has a magnificent view over the city, the ramparts and further afield.

During World War II ‘De Brak’ was severely damaged; in 1950 began the reconstruction. The mill is now working as ever and is still used for grinding grain, which can be purchased in the mill store. ‘De Brak’ - located in the heart of Sluis - can be visited.

More info (Dutch): www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=917

Mikus, Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon, Petar Bojić, Guido Werner and 91 other people have particularly liked this photo

40 comments - The latest ones

Nico Andries

Marvelous. Never seen it with red flaps..Great pov. (Hope you didn't get overrun there :)

10 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club has replied to Nico Andries

Ik was er op een zondag, nou dan weet je het wel in Sluis !!

10 years ago.

Indira Nair

Excellent shot!

10 years ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

splendid

10 years ago.

Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿

A well-dressed mill !

Beautiful photograph on this blue sky, Jaap !

10 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Lovely image and nice information, good work.

10 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club

Very beautiful mill.

10 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

Dat rode kruis van de wieken tegen die blauwe lucht is erg mooi

10 years ago.

Proxar

!!! schön

10 years ago.

Treasa Ui Cionaodha

Fantastic capture of this Windmill. Well done Jaap. Love it Hugs Tess

10 years ago.

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* ^club

Bel angle de prise de vue*************************
Belle semaine mon ami !

10 years ago.

beverley

o0o I am pleased this has been restored and the red is so eye
catching and interesting to know that these can be moved to
capture the wind ... I had no idea this could happen, the stone
build was the first one ... again interesting to read about and
that it now produces grain that is milled and now sold ... excellent,
and I imagine well worth the visit oOo

I like the way you have featured this in the frame and the
information ... always good to read, thank you oOo

10 years ago.

beverley

(thanks for return visit, appreciated, but I sincerely found
your picture and information very interesting to view and
to read) many thanks !

10 years ago.