ヘールの湖・トップ20

One of my favorite places in the area.

A bridge provides a connection between two banks. Usually a bridge is over water: a ditch, a canal, moat, river, lake, ravine, ...

Be sure to bring your binoculars so you can better spot the water birds and watch their antics

Beautiful and nice bridge over the fen, with a wonderful view...

Nice spot just off the cycle path.

There are extensive forests around Averbode Abbey, interspersed with fens, swamps, heaths and grasslands, now managed by Natuurpunt. Early hikers may see a great egret fishing in the reed pond here.

Het Zwart Water is a nature reserve southwest of the town of Lichtaart, which is part of the Antwerp municipality of Kasterlee, located near Lavendelweg 1-3. The area is managed by the Agency for Nature and Forests. The area is located on the Kempense Heuvelrug and consists of a fen that used to be in a drifting sand and heathland area, but was largely forested with conifers during the 19th century. On the edge of the fen you will find bog myrtle thickets, willow swamp forest and poor grassland. There is a floating dome in the fen that forms a safe resting place for birds. The forest is gradually being transformed into more mixed forest. In addition, there are remnants of heathland.

Walking bridge over the beautiful Weefbergven, which you can already see from the vast land dune at the foot of the Weefberg (almost at the end when you walk from Averbode). On one side of it there is a bench with an information board just before the start of the climb.