Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 13 hikers
Location: Gooik, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
More information on the Ikleefverder website: ikleefverder.be/inline/pervivopark.html
August 2, 2024
There is a heart-warming spot at the highest point of Flemish Brabant on the Kesterheide in Gooik:
"the Pervivo Park".
This Pervivo park is an initiative of Boks vzw and was realized in collaboration with the municipality of Gooik.
It is always accessible.
You will find trees representing children and adults who died of metabolic disease.
Nameplates are silent witnesses to their losing battle.A monument with children playing hide and seek between oak beams that reach into a distant world symbolizes the deeper meaning of the park: "This is where our children live on." The monument was created through a collaboration between the artists Albrecht Nees and †André De Baere.This unique Pervivo site will also form the central point for the commemoration days organized by the non-profit organization "I live on".
It is wonderful to stay there. Come take a look and be carried away by the interplay of unique views, a fascinating cloudy sky, nameplates, trees and a monument.
April 3, 2024
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