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Floating Chapel of Helshoven

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Floating Chapel of Helshoven

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Location: Sint-Truiden, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Heks Castle – Floating Chapel of Helshoven loop from Ordingen

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2. Blossom Trail – Floating Chapel of Helshoven loop from Tongeren

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3. Grote Markt Sint-Truiden – Floating Chapel of Helshoven loop from Sint-Truiden

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Didada

October 2, 2023

At the highest point of Helshoven, "De Galg," is this floating, or floating, cherrywood chapel. It's a work of art by Frits Jeuris, inspired by the Helshoven Chapel.

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July 22, 2021

You can enjoy breathtaking views of the Haspengouw landscape at Helshoven's highest point.

The artist Frits Jeuris has designed a unique creation made up of dozens of felled fruit trees from the region.

The latest platform offers a bit more. It is encased in “Helsh(ea)ven”, a work of art made up of 90 fifty-year-old tall-stemmed cherry trees. In late 2016, they fell prey to the Little Cherry Virus, an infectious plant disease that causes undersized fruit in cherries. Now the felled trees have a second life. The work symbolizes the dynamic landscape of Haspengouw.

Besides the abbey tower, the ‘Viersprong’ in Nieuwenhoven, the Honsberg in Zepperen and the viewing basin in Velm, it is also the fifth viewing point along the Haspengouw road network.

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August 27, 2020

Wow ... that's a view!

In 2016, the 50-year-old cherry trees in Helshoven fell ill with a virus and were felled. The artist Frits Jeuris built a chapel out of the wood that hovers between heaven and hell (Dutch hel) ...

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Location: Sint-Truiden, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

Floating Chapel of Helshoven

1. Heks Castle – Floating Chapel of Helshoven loop from Ordingen

2. Blossom Trail – Floating Chapel of Helshoven loop from Tongeren

3. Grote Markt Sint-Truiden – Floating Chapel of Helshoven loop from Sint-Truiden

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