ルブベークの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ6

The Great Crested Newt hut is gone. Dead. Demolished. Nothing stands in its place yet (except for the installation of "Valleien Vertellen" (Valleys Telling Stories), an open-air exhibition that will move to the Dijle River in early 2026 and previously visited the Demer). Will a new hut be built? An illustrated information board says so. And so does the yellow building permit. One local resident, however, has his doubts. But he had more doubts about the events in his neighborhood. So: yes, a new hut will be built unless the axes of the political budget choppers indirectly lead to a different decision in the long term. What it should look like? You can see that on the information board, which also asks for a little more patience. In any case: it will remain beautiful here, with or without the hut.

Nice place to sit with a beautiful gorge behind this house.

A map of the arboretum with the clay forest hut on the third page of this overview: https://www.natuurenbos.be/sites/default/files/2023-07/Folder_Arboretum_Heverleebos.pdf

In the middle of nature for a picnic and yet close to civilization.

This birdwatching hut is located a stone's throw from the Arenberg domain and the KUL campus on the Kapeldreef. Here the Dijle enters the area before flowing through Leuven via the domain mentioned. Just before the birdwatching hut the Leiegracht flows into the river and from the birdwatching hut you can see over the sand trap and the drainage basin after which the Dijle flows to the Arenbergmolen.

The name Mollendaal and Mollendaalbos has many variations. For example, people here also speak of the shelter at De Moemedel and Mommedel (as the forest reserve is called). The hut is also open at the back. You can see the small valley that lies there. Or call it a valley because that is where the name comes from. And quite a few springs originate. Fun fact: the current shelter is fairly new and largely made with recycled wood from the previous one. It also has a Sedum roof, you know: a green roof. Finally: this shelter is located on the GR 512 Brabantse Heuvelroute.

Eating dry bokes is nice

A large hut with a very educational side, clearly also tailored to schools and youth groups with long benches and packs of boards full of information before discovering the area and learning everything about the great crested newt and other water lovers from the animal world. On the cycle path and bicycle parking. Surrounded by benches and even some sanitary facilities. Also the starting point of the educational Great Crested Newt Park and the first thing you see at the entrance, even if you just come for a visit or to camp.