At its core, the Vilain XIIII castle of Leut dates back to the 13th-14th centuries.
With his book ‘Oorlog en terpentijn’ (War and turpentine) the Belgian author Stefan Hertmans won the prestigious AKO Prize for Literature 2014.
On 17 October 2014 the province of West Flanders organised the great light spectacle 'Lightfront' in remembrance of the First World War.
The Belgian Comic Strip Center (BSC) celebrated its 25th anniversary on 4 and 5 October 2014.