Ou De Moulen Eco village
Vibrant eco-village in Pinelands
Oude Molen Eco Village is a unique rural destination in the heart of Cape Town. It provides an ideal entertaining place to visit. The Oude Molen Eco Village was initiated in 1997 when it was transformed from an abandoned and vandalised hospital complex into a micro-enterprise village.
The Village currently hosts 42 small businesses and enterprises from backpacker accommodations to music studios, equestrian activities, frail care services, metal, wood, art and craft workshops, a public pool, and braai facilities. There is some urban agriculture, a restaurant, and a school.
 South Africa’s oldest windmill. Completed in 1782 is on the property, it is fourteen years older than Mostert’s Mill on De Waal Drive. The mill is marked Nieuwe Molen on contemporary maps, is a massive truncated-cone tower-type structure. It is 42m high, with sides sloping much more steeply than those of other Cape windmills. The walls are a metre thick at the base. It was erected by the Burgher Council which owned the land. It was needed because existing mills were no longer able to grind all the grain that was harvested.
Oude Molen Eco Village, Alexandra Road, Pinelands
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