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Bottomless Pit - 1808

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Bottomless Pit - 1808

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Bottomless Pit - 1808

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Location: Assenede, Eeklo, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Inner harbor – Hollandersgatkreek loop from Eeklo

77.4km

04:28

90m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Westerschelde Dike Cycle Path – Zeedijk Cycle Path loop from Assenede

57.3km

03:23

60m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Braakmankreek – Zeedijk Cycle Path loop from Assenede

53.3km

03:03

50m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

October 12, 2023

At this location you are on the former sea dike of the Roode Polder. The Bottomless Pit was created by a fierce northwesterly storm that hit the coasts of Flanders and the Netherlands during the night of January 14 to 15, 1808. As a result, untold damage was caused to the sea dikes of the time. A number of polders in Assenede flooded. The worst damage occurred in the vicinity of Philippine and Sas van Gent. The sea lock of the Sint-Pieterspolder, located on the other side of this dike near Philippine, broke through and the swirling water flowed into the Flemish polders.
The water overflowed the dike at this point and poured out of it into a deep round well. The sea wall broke through and the resulting hole could not be closed immediately. A ring dike was constructed around the Bottomless Pit. A place that makes the natural power of water in the landscape clear.

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Eric Buddelmeijer

September 25, 2024

Worth it for the name alone

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Location: Assenede, Eeklo, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Bottomless Pit - 1808

1. Inner harbor – Hollandersgatkreek loop from Eeklo

2. Westerschelde Dike Cycle Path – Zeedijk Cycle Path loop from Assenede

3. Braakmankreek – Zeedijk Cycle Path loop from Assenede

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