Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Witch Lilo Amphitheater in Chartreuzenbos

Witch Lilo Amphitheater in Chartreuzenbos

Highlight • Structure

Witch Lilo Amphitheater in Chartreuzenbos

Recommended by 161 hikers out of 164

Save

Location: Holsbeek, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Witch Lilo Amphitheater in Chartreuzenbos

4.7

(66)

388

hikers

1. Chartreuzenberg Vineyard – Path Through the Fields loop from Holsbeek

7.29km

01:57

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.7

(31)

130

hikers

2. View of Leuven from Kesselberg – Path Through the Fields loop from Hulsberg

18.8km

05:13

330m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Expert

4.6

(20)

hikers

3. Provinciedomein Kessel-Lo – Small pond loop from Holsbeek

22.6km

06:02

240m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Expert

Tips

April 25, 2024

Until the French Revolution, the area surrounding the Chartreuz Forest was the property of the Carthusian Order. In the period of the Brabant revolution (1789) and the French invasion (1792), the goods of the churches and monasteries were secularized and dissolved. Quite a few of those
properties came into the hands of OCMWs. For example, a number of plots in the Chartreuzenbos also became the property of the OCMW of Leuven. However, most of the Linden and Chartreuzenbos came into the hands of private owners.

This and much more in this brochure from the Flemish Brabant Agency for Nature and Forests: natuurruimtes.be/sites/default/files/folder_linden-_en_chartreuzenbos.pdf

Translated by Google •

July 21, 2025

I don't know why this spot was called the Witch Lilo Amphitheater, perhaps by combining two highlights? What I do know is that Witch Lilo was the artistic alter ego (though not the one) of Hilde Leenaerts, a very sweet childhood friend, and more than that, who passed away far too soon.

She cared for troubled young people and was known in Holsbeek and the surrounding area as a superb storyteller who often told stories at Horst Castle. And on the little house near the amphitheater is a text dedicated to that beautiful Hilde, a.k.a. Witch Lilo, which you can learn more about here: wordpress.donfabulist.be/nl/lilos-vertelboom/uitvaart-van-goede-heks-lilo

Enjoy this piece of forest; it is enchanted by the optimism, strength, and wondrous world of an angel in a witch's costume.

Translated by Google •

Jeff S

March 16, 2022

Be careful during wet periods, the sunken roads can be very slippery... Adventure and spectacle...

Translated by Google •

Details

Informations

Elevation 90 m

Weather

Today

Friday 24 October

11°C

9°C

100 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Holsbeek, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Forest Path with Overhanging Trees

Beech Forest

Vineyard Wall

View of Gelrode from Eikelberg

Picknick Area

Moedermeule Windmill (Gelrode)

Plas van Rotselaar (Ter Heide)

Geometric Landscape Elements in Lindenbos

Beninksberg Descent

Tussen de velden

Ijzerzandsteengroeve Wijngaardberg

View of the Vineyards

Witch Lilo Amphitheater in Chartreuzenbos

1. Chartreuzenberg Vineyard – Path Through the Fields loop from Holsbeek

2. View of Leuven from Kesselberg – Path Through the Fields loop from Hulsberg

3. Provinciedomein Kessel-Lo – Small pond loop from Holsbeek

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️