Wildegistenwandeling

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13.5 km
103 m
02h41
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Trek on foot through the land of lambic beer. The wild yeasts here float through an open, rolling landscape where the farm horses and water mills still look as they did when Bruegel used to wander around. Re-breathe along the way in the green chaste domains of Gaasbeek and Groenenberg.

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Difficulty level: Medium (63/100)

Length: 13.5 km

Duration: 02h41


Total ascent: 103 m

Maximal slope: 5.2 %

Average slope: 0.8 %

Net ascent: 0 m

Total descent: 103 m

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 6.39 km (47 %)

Cobblestones: 427 m (3 %)

Scenery

Car free roads: 5.87 km (44 %)

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Water rich area

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        Places of interest

        1. Brewery De Neve

          0 · Brewery
          Brewery De Neve was a brewery in Schepdaal where beer was brewed from at least 1772 until the last …
          Wikipedia
        2. Groenenberg pond

          0 · Pond
          The Groenenberg pond is also the source of the Laarbeek and the starting point of the nature and …
          Dromos
        3. Pond source Groenenberg

          0 · Source
          This spring feeds the pond of Groenenberg Castle. Like many springs in the area, this spring is …
          Dromos
        4. Sequoia sempervirens

          1 · Tree
          The Sequoia sempervirens is a redwood tree. The famous US novelist John Steinbeck wrote the …
          Dromos
        5. Groenenberg Castle

          0 · Castle
          Groenenberg Castle is beautifully embedded in a beautiful English landscape park. You can rent …
          Dromos
        6. Pleasure pavilion

          0 · Building
          This beautiful forest house was a pleasure pavilion. In architecture, a pavilion (from the French …
          Dromos
        7. Virtual drilling

          0 · Geological POI
          With the Database Subsurface Flanders you can carry out a virtual drilling anywhere in Flanders. …
          Dromos
        8. Groenenberg Park Domain

          0 · Park

          Park domain Groenenberg has a fantastic large lawn where you can do a lot of activities with …

          RouteYou
        9. The Cretaceous

          0 · Regional product

          Away from traffic, this route slopes through the Pajottenland. From the moody village square of …

          Carrefour
        10. Gaasbeek Museum Garden

          0 · Garden
          Vlezenbeek is known for its pear cultivation. But did you know that there is a pear variety called …
          Dromos
        11. Gaasbeek Castle

          3 · Castle
          The medieval castle had an eventful history and evolved from a strategic stronghold to a spacious …
          MijnMotorVakantie.be
        12. Feast of Fools: a new look at Breughel (Gaasbeek Castle)

          0 · Exhibition Centre
          The exhibition "Feast of Fools" is dedicated to 20th-century artists who rediscovered Bruegel and …
          tvl
        13. Castle of Gaasbeek

          0 · Park
          The castle of Gaasbeek is one of the most beautiful castles in Belgium.
          Dromos
        14. Directional question

          0 · Route-Info

          If you answer this question correctly, you will reach your goal a little faster.

          Bruegel B&B
        15. Gevlekte aronskelk

          0 · Bloem
          Dromos
        16. St. Geertrui Chapel

          1 · Chapel

          In this Sint-Geertruikapel or Sint-Gertrudiskapel, at the foot of the castle of Gaasbeek, hung the …

          Dromos
        17. Chapel of St. Gertrude

          0 · Chapel

          View of Saint Gertrude's Chapel from the path around the castle of Gaasbeek.

          Pascal Brackman
        18. Ponds of Gaasbeek Castle

          0 · Pond
          The ponds of the castle of Gaasbeek are fed by the spring under the Saint Gertrude Chapel. …
          Dromos
        19. Triumphal arch

          0 · Building
          The triumphal arch is an idea of the eccentric Gaasbeek baron Paul Arconati Visconti, who …
          Dromos
        20. St. Lawrence Church

          0 · Church
          The Gothic St. Lawrence Church is located on a hill and dates from the 15th century. In the 17th …
          Dromos
        21. Border arable land and lakes

          0 · Landscape border
          The church road forms the landscape boundary between arable land (to the west and slightly higher …
          Dromos
        22. Graft

          0 · Geological POI
          In the extension of the hiking trail you see a weird double kink in the slope. It runs together …
          Dromos
        23. Molenbeek valley wall

          0 · Valley
          The NE valley wall of the Molenbeek is completely different from the one on the other side. In …
          Dromos
        24. Walkway

          0 · Path

          The footpath near the Molenstraat is suffering from erosion. The path runs in the direction of the …

          Dromos
        25. Hoeve Hof ter Steenberg

          0 · Farm

          On the façade of the Hof ter Steenberg farm is the year 1860. The farm site is much older, but …

          Dromos
        26. Court in Berchemveld

          0 · Farm

          Hof te Berchemveld is located in the Pajottenland, in Sint-Laureins-Berchem. This farm butchery …

          Dromos
        27. Hotelhoeve Klein Nederlo

          0 · Hotel
          tvl
        28. Weeping beech

          0 · Tree

          The weeping beech or Fagus silvatica 'Pendula' is one of the numerous beautiful trees of the …

          Dromos
        29. Fallen tree

          0 · Tree
          On the fallen tree you will find numerous species of fungi. The tinder fungus or tinder fungus is …
          Dromos
        30. Evil Ways

          0 · Historical place
          The Kwadewegenstraat is linked to the history of Brussels and Brabant. On Maundy Thursday of the …
          Dromos
        31. Spring and stream forest

          0 · Forest

          This spring and stream forest in the Laarbeek valley is located about 50m above sea level. That is …

          RouteYou
        32. Groenenbergstraat

          0 · Road
          The northern part of the Groenenbergstraat is an unpaved, rural path. During not so humid periods, …
          Dromos
        33. Brouwerij Lindemans

          1 · Brewery
          At the heart of Pajottenland, a very fertile rural area on the outskirts of Brussels, Vlezenbeek …
          Dromos
        34. Lindemans Brewery

          0 · Brewery
          Most of Lindemans' lambic matures in stainless steel barrels. But in order to convert all the …
          Dromos
        35. Laarbeek valley

          0 · Valley

          At the beginning of 2018, then Flemish Minister of Nature Joke Schauvliege (CD&V) bought several …

          Dromos
        36. Beekbos along the Laarbeek

          0 · Forest
          This is a typical stream forest along the Laarbeek. Along the alluvial flat part of a stream it is …
          Dromos
        37. Hollow road

          0 · Path

          Part of the path is a hollow road. A hollow road is an indication that this road has existed for …

          Dromos
        38. Standard orchard

          0 · Orchard

          Standard orchards used to be the norm in the Pajottenland. Nowadays you rarely see them. This is …

          Dromos
        39. Farm brewery with malthouse Goossens

          0 · Farm

          The famous watermill of Sint-Getrudis-Pede is nearby and can easily be reached via the back of the …

          Pascal Brackman
        40. Watermill Sint-Gertrudis-Pede

          0 · Watermill
          The watermill at Sint-Gertrudis-Pede in the municipality of Dilbeek is the only working watermill …
          Wikipedia
        41. Watermill of Pede

          0 · Watermill
          Overhead mill with L-shaped buildings ascending to the 18th century and with a partly cobbled and …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        42. Wide alluvial valley floor of the Molenbeek

          0 · Geological POI

          This area is quite remarkable in the valley form of the Molenbeek. Here you have a wide alluvial …

          Pascal Brackman
        43. Pedemolen

          0 · Watermolen
          Dromos
        44. Pedemolen

          0 · Watermill

          Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted the Pedemolen on his famous painting 'The magpie on the gallows'. …

          Dromos
        45. Land in Sight - Children's games

          0 · Arts Centre

          Pieter Bruegel's Children's Games inspired Landinzicht, a landscape architecture agency in …

          BRUEGEL’S EYE: reconstructing the landscape
        46. Voormalige Brouwerij Goossens

          0 · Brouwerij
          Dromos
        47. Bas Smets - 'Des craeyen ende raeven aes'

          0 · Arts Centre

          The installation by landscape architect Bas Smets is inspired by the torture wheels of Bruegel's …

          BRUEGEL’S EYE: reconstructing the landscape
        48. Filip Dujardin - Artifact 2

          0 · Arts Centre

          A gigantic image appears at an unexpected spot after a bend in the path. Photographer Filip …

          BRUEGEL’S EYE: reconstructing the landscape
        49. Hugo & Peggy

          0 · Shop

          Super butchery Smlfjqskfqsjm

          Bruegel B&B

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        Brewery De Neve
        Groenenberg pond
        Pond source Groenenberg
        Sequoia sempervirens
        Groenenberg Castle
        Pleasure pavilion
        Virtual drilling
        Groenenberg Park Domain
        The Cretaceous
        Gaasbeek Museum Garden
        Gaasbeek Castle
        Feast of Fools: a new look at Breughel (Gaasbeek Castle)
        Castle of Gaasbeek
        Directional question
        Gevlekte aronskelk
        St. Geertrui Chapel
        Chapel of St. Gertrude
        Ponds of Gaasbeek Castle
        Triumphal arch
        St. Lawrence Church
        Border arable land and lakes
        Graft
        Molenbeek valley wall
        Walkway
        Hoeve Hof ter Steenberg
        Court in Berchemveld
        Hotelhoeve Klein Nederlo
        Weeping beech
        Fallen tree
        Evil Ways
        Spring and stream forest
        Groenenbergstraat
        Brouwerij Lindemans
        Lindemans Brewery
        Laarbeek valley
        Beekbos along the Laarbeek
        Hollow road
        Standard orchard
        Farm brewery with malthouse Goossens
        Watermill Sint-Gertrudis-Pede
        Watermill of Pede
        Wide alluvial valley floor of the Molenbeek
        Pedemolen
        Pedemolen
        Land in Sight - Children's games
        Voormalige Brouwerij Goossens
        Bas Smets - 'Des craeyen ende raeven aes'
        Filip Dujardin - Artifact 2
        Hugo & Peggy
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