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Thor Park

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

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1. Thor Park - Blue hiking trail

8.00km

02:06

60m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Klaverberg Nature Reserve – Waterschei spoil heap loop from Noorderwijk Zwartberg

6.69km

01:46

60m

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

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3. Thor Park – Flemish nature reserve loop from Waterschei

27.1km

07:05

210m

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

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Jeff S

January 27, 2024

A park with a dark history now adds a lot of color during your walk...

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January 28, 2024

The Thor Park is a business, technology and science park where work is mainly done on energy and automation in cities and manufacturing companies. The former mine site plays an important role in this. We see similar initiatives in often similar domains in other old mining sites, mainly regarding the so-called connected and circular world. Thor Park is built around Thor Central, the former mining buildings of Waterschei. In addition, Thor Park is also a gateway to the Hoge Kempen National Park, more specifically to Thor Park, which is usually written here in one word and which is an area of ten square kilometers behind the mine and, among other things, mining mountains in the middle of heath, pine forests, a stream valley and inland dunes (with Klaverberg nature reserve). There are also some ponds at the foot of the slag heaps that can be reached via one of about ten hiking loops or via the cairn path.

- About Thor Park as a business and innovation park and gateway to Hoge Kempen National Park: thorpark.be
- About Thorpark, the nature reserve behind the mine that has been part of the Hoge Kempen National Park since 2018: nationaalparkhogekempen.be/nl/thorpark

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September 1, 2021

Thor Central is centrally (!) Located in Thor Park, the former Waterschei colliery area, one of the seven mines in the Kempen coal basin. The mine was in operation between 1924 and 1987 and produced a total of 72 million tons of coal. It supplied more than 200,000 households with energy and employed more than 6,800 people in its heyday.

Those times are long gone, today you are surrounded by knowledge and competence in matters of sustainable energy technology, technology and innovation. Because Thor Park is a technology and science park on an area of 93 hectares.

Do you need some refreshment? Then off to the food plaza. For a quick snack or lunch we recommend the Brasserie Lampada, a cozy lunch or dinner is served in the Partaasch restaurant. The Foodplaza is located in the former Sankt-Barbara-Halle, which is named after the patron saint of miners. The dome with the glass tiles, the side rooms separated by stained glass, the original tiles in black and yellow and the blue-green color make this room a unique experience. Here you can still feel the splendor of the mining heritage.

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

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1. Thor Park - Blue hiking trail

2. Klaverberg Nature Reserve – Waterschei spoil heap loop from Noorderwijk Zwartberg

3. Thor Park – Flemish nature reserve loop from Waterschei

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