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Last updated: October 2, 2025

Damvallei Lake

In De Damvallei you can go hiking in nature, near Ghent. It is a low moor, formed by some distant meanders of the Scheldt. The marked walking routes take you …

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Aelmoeseneiebos Stream and Wooden Bridge

The arboretum was planted in 1973.

It includes more than 60 tree species, including all native trees of Flanders, as well as a number of park trees.

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Nature Reserve De Putten

The De Putten nature reserve (16 hectares, sub-municipality of Melsen) is part of the Scheldemeersen.

The history of its origins has an industrial past, as the area was used for …

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Keuzemeersen

Another nature reserve in the shadow of civilization: in the distance you can hear the traffic on the E40, to the left you can see the villas on the banks …

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Saint Christiana Chapel and Spring

In front of a small park halfway up the slope is the "wonderful fountain of Saint Christiana" of 1913 in the form of a chapel: small bluestone building with front …

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The Silent Giant of Gentbrugge

A World Tree is a tree that can and may become ancient because it is protected by a community that has associated itself with the tree.

The Wereldboom Foundation develops …

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Rosarium and Statue in Citadelpark Ghent

The Citadel Park is a park in Ghent on a ridge between the Scheldt and the Leie. This city park was constructed in 1875 on the site of the Dutch …

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Woodpecker Trail in Ganzeveld

The Ganzeveld is a 33 hectare nature reserve in Aalter (Belgian province of East Flanders). The mosaic landscape in the south of the Bulskampveld consists of forests (28 hectares), old …

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The Zandberg River Dune

Dunes are reminiscent of the sea, but there are also dunes that owe their origin to the changing course of rivers. Most river dunes were formed at the end of …

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Execution Site Rieme-Oostakker and Deportation Wagon

The executions were carried out in secret and the victims were buried anonymously. A number of the resistance fighters killed in Rieme (who - since the Rieme execution site had …

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The Top 20 Natural Monuments around Gent

Damvallei Lake

Aelmoeseneiebos Stream and Wooden Bridge

Nature Reserve De Putten

Keuzemeersen

Saint Christiana Chapel and Spring

The Silent Giant of Gentbrugge

Rosarium and Statue in Citadelpark Ghent

Woodpecker Trail in Ganzeveld

The Zandberg River Dune

Execution Site Rieme-Oostakker and Deportation Wagon

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