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The Muur of Geraardsbergen (Kapelmuur)

The Muur of Geraardsbergen (Kapelmuur)

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The Muur of Geraardsbergen (Kapelmuur)

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Location: Geraardsbergen, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Raspaillebos Trailhead – Beautiful farm road loop from Grimminge

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2. Raspaillebos Trailhead – Beautiful farm road loop from Kleine Buizemont

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3. Beautiful farm road – Raspaillebos Entrance loop from Geraardsbergen

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

March 23, 2022

The Muur-Kapelmuur, the Wall of Geraardsbergen, or The Muur. Anyone who hasn't heard of this cycling monument isn't a cycling enthusiast. Period. This cobblestone road on the Oudenbenberg was the defining moment of the Tour of Flanders for years.

Over a kilometer long, with short sections approaching 20%, the climb is beautiful, but it's mainly the cobblestones, the aesthetics, and the magnificent chapel at the top that make this climb a monument for the Flemish. The cobblestones are laid horizontally, creating a jagged staircase that can only be survived at high speed. Anyone who stalls will suffer the consequences.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

December 11, 2024

The Wall is a cobblestone road on the Oudenberg, the hill on which Geraardsbergen's town center is situated. In 1940, the Oudenberg was designated a protected landscape, and in 1995, the famous cobblestone road was declared a monument.
(Wikipedia)

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Viviane

July 12, 2025

O Wall, you proud stone back,
with cobblestones crooked and steep and unyielding,
where many a cyclist climbs with toil,
and every step belies the will.

You wind narrowly through green splendor,
a climb that has brought heroes,
where sweat and hope embrace,
and legs tremble without shame.

No mountain so low, no wall so high,
as you that arched through the centuries,
where Flanders cheers on every side,
and wind embraces the cyclist's heart.

You are not a road, you are a battle,
a victory, painful and liberating,
a test of courage, a torture,
but also a song, a lifelong one.

Whoever climbs you with firm understanding,
feels fire and flame in heart and hand,
for on your summit, so proud, so clear,
proudly waits, year after year.

O Wall, you are a living song,

that sees through every cycling soul —
an ode to the power of man and wheel,

you are a wall, but also a soul.

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Location: Geraardsbergen, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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The Muur of Geraardsbergen (Kapelmuur)

1. Raspaillebos Trailhead – Beautiful farm road loop from Grimminge

2. Raspaillebos Trailhead – Beautiful farm road loop from Kleine Buizemont

3. Beautiful farm road – Raspaillebos Entrance loop from Geraardsbergen

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