우스트캄프‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 호수

A very large forest with various amenities, including a tea room and restaurant. There's also a herb garden and a farm where you can buy ice cream.

After the Tillegembos (Bruges) and the Palingbeek (Ypres), the Lippensgoed-Bulskampveld became the third provincial domain of West Flanders. In 1970, 201 ha of forest, agricultural land, park, castle and associated farms were purchased and opened to the public after construction and development. The Lippensgoed-Bulskampveld was the largest public domain in West Flanders for a long time. In the 1980s, the castle garden was transformed into a didactic herb garden and the exhibition of agricultural materials in galleries around the herb garden was established. In 1990, one of the leased farms within the provincial domain became available. In order to increase the recreational opportunities, various afforestations were carried out there and new avenues were created. With an additional acquisition of 17 ha in 1992, the surface area was increased to 218 ha. About 10 years later, in 2003, 6 ha of St-Amandus were rented and integrated into the existing domain via an educational nature trail. Finally, in 2005, about 8 ha of forest were purchased and added to the public domain, bringing the total to 232 ha. (Province of West Flanders)

A boardwalk over a large pond: fun guaranteed. And a beautiful panorama.

Nowadays the castle is a luxury hotel/restaurant and conference centre (Restaurant realised in 1990 and hotel built in 1996 by the then organisers of the Rock Torhout festival). On the other side of the Torhout - Oostende road lies the domain of the Wijnendale castle.

The history of 'Domein d' Aertrycke' begins in 1865 when August de Maere, the spiritual father of the port of Zeebrugge, acquired 98 ha of the 'Verloren Kost' domain. In 1869 he had the now centrally located neo-Gothic castle built to a design by the Antwerp architect Joseph Schadde. In 1897 August de Maere, who had in the meantime been elevated to the nobility, was given permission to add d'Aertrycke to his name. With the exception of a short period after the First World War, the domain remained the property of the family. Xavier de Maere, the last owner of the castle, became known as second-in-command of the Belgian South Pole Expedition 1958-1959. After the death of his mother, who was the last of the family to live in the castle, he concluded an agreement with the West Flemish provincial government for the partial opening of the castle domain to the general public. In 2012, the province acquired full ownership and Domein d'Aertrycke became a fully-fledged provincial domain.

The castle De Maere d'Aertrycke is a castle in the Belgian city of Torhout. The neo-Gothic castle was built from 1868 to 1871 by order of August de Maere, the castle is still popularly called De Maeres castle. It is located between the center of Torhout, Wijnendale and Aartrijke. The castle is located in a romantic garden with a large pond, meadows and forests. The domain has a great natural value. Roe deer, Western European hedgehog and the European red squirrel are the mammals that live there. Birds are richly represented with the tufted duck, great spotted woodpecker, moorhen, coot, grebe, jackdaw, nuthatch, tree creeper, finch, blue tit and great tit. There are also amphibians: the brown frog and the common toad.

beautiful boardwalk, recently renovated, and beautiful view

The Reie (the river after which the canals were later named) and its tributaries probably remained untouched until around the 9th century. Nevertheless, it is suspected that small hydraulic engineering works were already carried out by the Romans in the 1st century. The largest amount of river water flowed into the city center in the south, where the Minnewater is located. This elongated lake probably originated in the 12th or 13th century as a kind of reservoir, due to the construction of the locks at the lock house. The name Minnewater could mean communal water. However, a number of linguists explain minne as a water spirit. The Reie was the most important watercourse in Bruges and its name evolved to refer to all city canals. The Reie is further identified with the current Waardammebeek, river stream and ring stream. The locks of the lock house allowed the Minnewater to be kept at a constant level. Their purpose, however, was mainly to regulate the water supply to the city center. There used to be three mills around the Minnewater: the stadvolmolen (1646), a water mill on the eastern bank (where the castle now stands); the fulling mill, a windmill on the fortress next to the Minnewaterbrug symmetrical with the Poertoren and the Kasteelmolen (presumably 13th century), a watermill at the confluence of the Bakkersreitje and the Katelijnevest. The wide Minnewater was probably used in the Middle Ages to keep the water mills running. From the 1620s, the Minnewater was used as a trading basin. When the Coupure was dug in 1752 to create a smoother connection between the Ghent and Ostend canals through the city, the Minnewater lost this function. Dredging boats that ensured regular transport between Bruges and Ghent had their mooring there until 1782. Immovable Heritage Inventory: Minnewater and surroundings, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/301976