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居心地が良く、運河の景色と美味しい飲み物が楽しめます。

Beautiful path between the meadows.

Information board with a map of the Molenbos and the estate around the Abbey of Westmalle.

The Caterspad hiking trail is highly recommended. Ample free parking allows for a leisurely stroll through the woods.

A great place to take a break. Enjoy the Catershof countryside beyond.

A plaque with a memorial by a fallen soldier explains Eugeen Dierckx, born in Schilde on February 23, 1893, and died in Lo-Reningelst on October 16, 1915, at the age of 22 and a half. He was a soldier in the Great War, first building footbridges in the Yser Plain, then helping to guard the Steenstrate area. This appears to have been a quiet period, but he still died. Eugeen Dierckx was hit by a bullet in the heart and "died for the fatherland." This memorial to this young man at the anti-tank ditch serves to illustrate the folly of all wars.

A pleasant shady spot for a picnic is also a historic site that was part of the Antwerp Defence Line during WWII. The Anti-Tank Ditch was dug between 1937 and 1939 to defend Antwerp. Lock bunkers were located at various locations along the route. These bunkers were built to maintain the water level. Today, you can relax at a picnic table in the shade of the trees. Just a hundred meters away, there is a memorial tree for both world wars.

Like many Flemish municipalities, Brecht also has a café, Trapke Op. The café is located along the F15 Antwerp-Turnhout cycle highway, which follows the towpath of the Dessel-Schoten canal.