ゲートベツの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ5

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.

The bird hide is in poor condition, the stairs are half rotten and in the hide you only have a view of some bushes so it is not worth risking falling through the rotten stairs.

Here you'll go to the birdwatching hut on the water, which is located a few meters further out on the lake. In normal, wet conditions, you'll also walk a fair distance above the lake, which is surrounded on both sides by a boardwalk with poles. From the hut itself, you can see almost the entire lake, and it usually doesn't take long for waterfowl like cormorants to fly past your lens. On both sides of the path, you can admire the water lilies, depending on the season, of course.

More information about Het Vinne can be found at www.vlaamsbrabant.be/nl/vrije-tijd-en-toerisme/provinciedomein-het-vinne-zoutleeuw

Get away from the walking path for a while, to watch the playful behavior on the water... The sound here is the tranquility of the life of the breeding birds...

Here you go to the birdwatching hut on the water that is a few meters further in the lake. In normal, wet conditions you also walk a fair distance above the lake that surrounds you on both sides thanks to a boardwalk with poles. From the hut itself you can see almost the entire lake and it usually doesn't take long for water birds such as cormorants to fly in front of your lens. On both sides of the path you can admire the water lilies, depending on the season of course.

This birdwatching hut is on the other side of the lake, almost exactly in the opposite corner, so another good kilometer of walking (or a little more perhaps).

Beautiful view of water and many species of birds