The Buylaers is a nature reserve located on the river Durme, managed by vzw Durme, in the center of the Belgian city of Lokeren. The nature reserve consists mainly of marshy reed fields. Every year a pair of storks comes to breed on the stork pole.

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March 13, 2025

Hiking

Just a fifteen minute walk from Lokeren station you are already in this 20 hectare nature reserve on the left bank of the Durme. It also merges into the spontaneously overgrown Verloren Bos with its remnants of drifting dunes.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 1, 2023

Cycling

De Buylaers is a unique piece of nature within the built-up core of Lokeren, a stone's throw from the city center and close to the station! This 20-hectare nature reserve is located on the left bank of the Durme, opposite the municipal swimming pool and the Sportlaan. The lakes along the Durme have largely retained their historical appearance with few plants in the plain, beautiful moist hay meadows with a number of reed beds next to them. The spontaneously naturalizing Verloren Bos with its drift dune relics is also adjacent to this nature reserve.

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1. Molsbroek Visitor Centre – Molsbroek Nature Reserve loop from Oude Durme

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2. Molsbroek Nature Reserve – Molsbroek Visitor Centre loop from Lokeren

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3. Across the Hamputten – Molsbroek Visitor Centre loop from Bergendries

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Location: Lokeren, Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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De Buylaers Nature Reserve

1. Molsbroek Visitor Centre – Molsbroek Nature Reserve loop from Oude Durme

2. Molsbroek Nature Reserve – Molsbroek Visitor Centre loop from Lokeren

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