Mol Travel Guide

 Pavlik_NL Says:  Around Mol there is a very special kind of sand, that has been deposited in prehistorical times. Silver, or white, sands are laying in thick layers on the "Kempen" plain. In the industrial revolution this sand was used in certain construction works and therefor dug out. In... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  In painting there is a style called "Molse School" and as you can see this came from here. One of the masters of this specific painting art is Jakob Smits and in the outskirts of Mol (neighbourhood called "Sluis") the museum named after him shows work from this Belgian... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  It's quite symbolic, the place where the town hall of Mol is placed: right in front of the church. This was done as to show the stronger in the battle between the people and the church in late medieval times. By placing the town hall (representing "the state") in front of... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  The tower museum holds a wide collection in religious robes and clothing, besides a treasure of gold and silverware in use of the deaken and his followers. Mol was the centre of it's deakenat and in Catholic and Limburg Brabant quite of fame because of the holy relic that... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  The main church of Mol, centre of the religious district as well, is the Saint Pieter- and Pauwels church (Peter and Paul) and it's silouet is dominating the town. Four columns at the back of the church have been dated back to the 14th century, th church wa however... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  Mol is easy to reach by taking a hit either of the freeway from Antwerpen to Liege, or the one that goes North bound towards Eindhoven (also from Antwerpen). It lays in the South-Eastern part of the Kempen and the province of Antwerpen. By car it's not that difficult to... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  When one looks at the map, it becomes clear that Mol actually is a town with many connected villages. One of them is the neighbourhood "Sluis" famous for it's Jakob Smits-museum (see other tips). "Sluis" is to be recognised easily as for the pointy top of the tower of Saint... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  Belgium suffered of all European countries the most of the worldwars that drove through our continent. The first worldwar was horrible as Belgium was occupied, cut of from The Netherlands (neutral zone) and partly in the frontline. The second worldwar another occupation... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  Mol holds in a hidden corner in a neighbourhood to the West, a windmill. These were not used for draining land (polder mills) like in The Netherlands, but to grind seeds, grane or any other products from agricultural source. Mol's windmill is a classic with white tower and... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  Between the Limburgian heights and the lower plains of Antwerpen, Mol and it's surroundings are very green and nature friendly. Tourism is now-a-days swiftly growing as for this and there is a conflict growing whether mass-tourism wouldn;t damage the nature to much. Therefor... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  The "Kempen" is an area that can be described as a wide plain with sandy soil (poor). Many forests are around and small rivers cross the plain from East to West to eventually join the Schelde near Antwerpen. One of the rivers goes straight through Mol, this is the Nete. Just... 

 Pavlik_NL Says:  In 1910-1911 the "dekenij" was built as the house of the spiritual leader of the church, the "deaken". Gossiping in Mol lead to the fact that this neo-Gothical towards late-Gothical / renaissance building was put next to the church. Before the house of the pastor was much to...