メールハウトの絶景の山頂・トップ5

At the top of the small slag heap is a 360° viewing platform with explanations and directions in all directions of where you are looking.

The Asberg is the highest point in Westerlo, a 24-meter-high sand dune. Rumors circulate that the hill was once used as a cemetery. Evidence of this was found when part of the hill was excavated in 1860. Urns containing ashes from cremations were unearthed. Other rumors tell the story of the Elves (Alfen) who once lived here, which is why the hill is also called the Alverberg. (Visit DeMerode)

Hiking to the top of the slag heap does indeed require some effort, but you will be rewarded with beautiful panoramas of the surroundings. And along the way there are benches here and there where you can, if necessary, recover.

small hill in the beeltjens here also starts the pedestrian bridge to the kwarekken.

Beautiful area with two Terrils (a mountain of stone waste as a by-product of underground mining). The large one is approximately 135m high and the small one is approximately 95m high. The small one also has a spectacular mountain bike park and a play hill (be-Mine). It's wonderful how they turned something old into something beautiful. There is also a Mining Museum and Diving Basin with sybtropical fish (TODI).

The Kepkensberg is a witness hill (diestian hill) in the hamlets Genebos and Genendijk (Kwaadmechelen, Ham), near Tessenderlo. It is 43 meters above sea level but has some significant slopes. The base consists of iron sandstone. In 2021, a new Multimove path was opened on the wooded hill. There are also remains of trenches to be found.

The Beloftekapel Kepkensberg was founded in the 1930s as a pledge of Marian worship after Felix Rutten was seriously ill when he contracted typhus at the age of 31 during his mobilization due to the Franco-Prussian War. Source: QR code Chapel walk with link to https://www.ham.be/kapelletje-l

Sometimes people confuse the two terrils in Beringen and both have stairs. The adventure mountain or small terril is located at the large parking lot with the shopping boulevard and the renovated mine buildings. There are several stone steps. However, this terril, the "Mining terril of Beringen" or 'big terril' or 'mine terril 2' has only one staircase to go to the viewing platform (highest point) at the end of your "ascent" or walk up. This slag heap is also a nature reserve, unlike the others, which are aimed at recreation. Both terrils are also located in different districts, even though they are close to each other. This is the only staircase that leads you to the platform of the slag heap with nature reserve. Good luck!