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Vrijbos Forest Path

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Vrijbos Forest Path

Vrijbos Forest Path

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    Expert bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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    March 3, 2024

    With its 350 hectares, this forest is one of the larger forests in West Flanders. It is an important place of pilgrimage because of the Lourdes Grotto in the Rotsebos subdomain. Deciduous trees set the tone in the Vrijbos, some of which are up to 100 years old. Woodpeckers, birds of prey, deer, bats and the bright yellow colored oriole are just a few of the many guests in the Vrijbos.

    The Vrijbos consists of a publicly accessible domain forest and an enclosed military domain. The domain forest itself consists of three separate forest areas: the Vrijbos (67 hectares), the adjacent Loneliness Forest (14 hectares) and the remote Pottebos (30 hectares).

    In the publicly accessible north side of the Vrijbos you cycle on a wide, tight forest path. Around the closed military domain you can go past the fence and along a farm road. Please take puddles and mud into account during the wet season.

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      August 15, 2025

      Lourdes grotto with regular celebrations

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        Distance 4.07 km

        Uphill 10 m

        Downhill 10 m

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        Location: Staden, Roeselare, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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