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Reindeer Hunters Site

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Reindeer Hunters Site

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Reindeer Hunters Site

Recommended by 75 hikers out of 79

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Vlaams Natuurreservaat Molenheide

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Location: Zonhoven, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. The Holsteen – Teut Hill loop from Ten Hout

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2. Bench to rest on – Pond in the Heath loop from Zonhoven

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3. Teut Hill – Bench With a View of De Teut loop from Zonhoven

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

December 23, 2021

Original sofa to fantasize about camp life when people lived in a nomadic existence. On the site is a replica of a camp. Nice to experience this site with children.

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April 27, 2025

The reindeer hunter camp was discovered by chance. During military exercises, soldiers dug in and many stones came to the surface in the holes. A local resident noticed that they were knocked-off flints and that there was therefore a real archaeological treasure instead of just a pile of stones.

How do I know that? Because this reindeer hunter camp - of course - is included in the new Reindeer Hunter Trail that was presented in March 2025 and can now be walked by everyone. In addition to new places, the arrival of this trail also has consequences for this spot. Anyone who has already been there will certainly recognize it, but there is now also an information board, a viewer and more beautiful things. On the way to the next track.

The old signs and old bench have disappeared. Also take a look through the, er, viewer.

And all information on rendierjagerspad.be

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An 🇧🇪

June 3, 2024

Zonhoven is the only location in Flanders where traces of these reindeer hunters have been found. The tracks are about 11,000 years old and date from the end of the last ice age. Remains of the same human group have also been found in the caves of Remouchamps and in Geldrop near Eindhoven (Netherlands). These three sites confirm the assumption that the reindeer hunters followed the herds all year round. From the point of view of a traveling hunting group, this location was, as it were, a 4-star campsite: drinkable water in a fen next to the campsite, sufficient food in the immediate vicinity and shelter from the inclement weather. Because nothing remains of the reindeer hunters' tents, we do not know exactly what such constructions looked like. The tent constructions that are now on the site were erected during the 'Young saves the Old' project in 2019. They symbolize an abandoned tent camp from the time of the reindeer hunters.

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Location: Zonhoven, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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2. Bench to rest on – Pond in the Heath loop from Zonhoven

3. Teut Hill – Bench With a View of De Teut loop from Zonhoven

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