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The Grotenhoutbos, also known as the Gierlese Bos, is a forest in Flanders, southwest of Turnhout, on the border of the municipalities of Vosselaar and Gierle. It covers an area of 375 hectares and is part of the Natura 2000 area "Forest and heathland areas east of Antwerp." https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotenhoutbos

If you're cycling from Turnhout to Baarle Hertog, this is the perfect point to make a break, refresh yourself and enjoy the beautiful scenery from the observation deck.

along the canal near the Belse Lijntje

The summer bar is located on the Dessel-Schoten canal, making it a popular destination for walkers and cyclists. The site at Bridge 5 will be an idyllic location with a breathtaking beach. Enjoy a delicious after-work aperitif, affordable and tasty finger food, and fun activities during the week and weekends. Children can have a blast while moms and dads watch from a beach chair. Relaxing music, refreshing cocktails, and delicious tapas. All of this with a beautiful view of the water.

It is a brick chapel on a rectangular plan with a three-sided choir. The saddle roof carries a roof turret. The west facade is a pointed gable with wickerwork. A statue of Mary stands in a niche. The interior contains a baroque altar, made by Wouter Neefs (end of the 17th century) with the altarpiece Mary visits Elisabeth by Theodoor Boeyermans from 1674. Some painted wooden angels are from the end of the 17th century. The chapel is said to have been built at the end of the 16th century and was completely surrounded by a moat at that time. It may have belonged to a redoubt. In the 19th century, the chapel was enlarged to the west. The chapel was restored in 1986.

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Visitation or Rooienkapel is a chapel in the town of Gierle, which belongs to the Antwerp municipality of Lille, located at the Rooienkapel.

This neo-Gothic church was built in 1877 to a design by Pieter Jozef Taeymans. The old church tower was preserved and dates from 1430. The church and the organ were recognized as a protected monument in 1975. In the church we find the miraculous statue of Our Lady, carved from pear tree and then gilded. According to legend, the statue was found around 1220 and has been venerated for many hundreds of years by the population of Vosselaar and pilgrims from the surrounding area. What we can say with certainty is that the statue dates from the 13th century. Even today, devout worshippers come to ask for help from the "Consoler of the Afflicted". The veneration of Mary declined sharply in the second half of the 20th century, but remained alive in the many neighborhood chapels. To the left of the entrance to the Church of Our Lady you will find the memorial stone of Adriaen Ghys. The church houses the restored Jacobus Verbuecken organ from 1739. Unique in this organ is the Voix Humaine 8v, it is the only example that has been preserved. More information about this can be found on the website of the Vosselaar Organ Committee. The devotion to Our Lady became known mainly through the interest and involvement of Mary of Hungary. She stimulated, among other things, the arrival of pilgrims from Turnhout. The importance of Vosselaar can also be deduced from the fact that she is mentioned in the ‘Brabantia Mariana’ by Wichmans (1632) and in the ‘Diva Virgo Candida’ by Gerardus Van Herdegom (1650). Source: https://www.vosselaar.be/onze-lieve-vrouwkerk Duplicate: https://www.komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/7440248

Restored again in the early 1970s by the late Marcel Dams (1925-2016) and Emilienne Verboven (1929-2019) and partly rebuilt in 16th-17th century style, including the partial re-application of cross-windows in the castle wing, the reconstruction of the top floor of the gatehouse and, seen from the street, the building to the right of the castle wing. This is based on old engravings of the castle.