ハッセルトの峡谷・トップ5

Overall, this place and the surrounding area is a great practice ground for sand riding and has beautiful nature.

An told the origin of the sand pit (construction of Brustem airport) and elsewhere on a nearby highlight mentions a Merovingian burial ground, while Marc mentions a grave here. Those who are interested can find a historically and archaeologically very fascinating overview of the many rich finds in the "Merovingian Burial Ground in Engelmanshoven" in the January 1954 edition of the "Oude Land van Loon" by Knight Ph. de Schaetzen and M. Vanderhoeven. It shows you how extensive, important and simply 'rich' the finds made here are. Much can be admired in the Gallo-Roman museum in nearby Tongeren. See the PDF at https://oar.onroerenderfgoed.be/publicaties/ARBE/18/ARBE018-001.pdf

There is now also a mammoth skeleton in De Kuil. Don't believe it? Read more here: https://www.zonhoven.be/rendierjagerspad De Kuil has indeed been included - and successfully - in the new Reindeer Hunters' Trail. Be sure to walk around there too, new benches, information boards and fun things that refer to prehistoric times. And if you want to see the cross-country skiers at work, you should definitely also check out the grass areas behind the pit where sometimes a runner goes up high via one of the ski jumps.

wonderful place to train.

Hollow roads (called deep streets here) only occur in hilly regions. They are typical for the loam region, but they can also be found in harder sandstone (such as here in Paal). They were created by man. They were used as a connecting road between farm and field and due to frequent use, loose sand was washed down the slope with every rain shower. In this way, the road was hollowed out deeper and deeper. A hollow road has a mild temperature, the wind has no effect on it. The silence is also noticeable during a walk in the shelter of a deep street.

In this region you will encounter limestone walls in several places, which are typical in the marl landscape. Due to the calcareous rock in the subsoil, various flower-rich grasslands occur here. The Zavelkuil itself was mined when the military airport of Brustem was constructed during WWII.

A sunken road or grub(be) is a road that has been worn out by leaching by rainwater and/or by frequent use (for example by cattle or vehicles), causing the road to lie between two slopes.

Wonderful pit where everyone can go deep. Historical interpretation: The sand pit is a former sand quarry that was created during the extraction of sand and production of wet sand. Wet sand was used to make sand asphalt. This was used to construct pavements such as driveways and playgrounds at schools.