벨기에‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 자전거 공원

Avonturenberg에서는 기어오르고, 등반하고, 탐험할 수 있습니다. 1,600개의 기둥으로 이루어진 숲을 통해 계단, 로프 코스, 등반 구조물, 크롤링 터널 및 산책로를 따라 테릴의 정상에 도달할 수 있습니다. 이 길은 한 전망대에서 다른 전망대로 이어지며 석탄 광산의 역사에 대한 배경 정보를 제공합니다. 정상에서는 침몰한 석탄 광장에 앉아 휴식을 취하고 평화와 전망을 즐길 수 있습니다.

Thor Central은 광산 폐쇄 후 유산으로 보호된 강력하고 인상적인 산업 건물입니다. Waterschei 광산 부지에 대한 의미 있는 기능 탐색과 부지를 기술 단지로 개발하는 옵션에는 이 아름다운 건물에 새로운 미래를 제공하는 임무도 포함되었습니다. Thor Central은 Thor Park 부지의 심장부입니다. 레스토랑 Partaasch와 브라세리 Lampada가 있는 푸드 플라자 외에도 이 건물은 주로 회의실, 강당, 중앙 접수처, 심지어 어린이집과 같은 비즈니스 용도로 사용됩니다. 정기적으로 이벤트와 전시회가 열립니다.

클루이스보스(Kluisbos) - 141미터 높이의 클루이스베르흐(Kluisberg) 정상에 위치한 이곳에서는 하이킹이나 자전거 타기를 결코 질리지 않을 것입니다. 이곳은 플랑드르 아르덴(Flemish Ardennes)에서 가장 큰 숲입니다.

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

On the outskirts of Genk lies Thor Park, a unique place where natural heritage and technology converge. This former mining site has been transformed into one of the official gateways to the Hoge Kempen National Park, and you can feel it from the moment you enter. Here begins a landscape that has been constantly evolving: from industrial worksites to vast nature reserves where tranquil heathland and forests once again take center stage. Numerous walks depart from the park, taking you deeper into nature. The Klaverberg, a green slag heap towering above the landscape, offers expansive views of Genk and the surrounding forests. The Heiderbos welcomes you with open pine forests, soft moss, and heather vegetation that glows purple in summer. Even lower in the landscape lies the Thorpark Valley, a serene depression where water zones, young plants and birds, are slowly taking their place. Boardwalks lead you past heathland fens and wetlands so characteristic of the Hoge Kempen: quiet, fragile, and beautiful. It's an area built on the remains of vanished industry—a landscape that now speaks of restoration, resilience, and the power of nature. Yet, Thor Park is more than just nature today. It's also a breeding ground for the future. Where miners once dug down shafts, they're now working on solutions for tomorrow. Here you'll find EnergyVille, the research center for sustainable energy and smart energy systems. The site also boasts several modern business incubators and campuses where technology, design, and innovation reinforce each other. This tension between past and future—between old mining structures and sleek modern buildings—gives Thor Park its unique character. It feels like walking through a place that's constantly reinventing itself. Dotted between the buildings are paths and open spaces, artworks that perfectly complement the story of Thor Park. "Courteous Bow" and "Greeting" are beautiful examples: wooden sculptures that gently evoke human interaction and encounters in the heart of an environment that once revolved around labor and industry. They add a touch of poetry to the landscape. Thor Park is much more than a starting point: it's a place where nature embraces the past and where innovation shapes the future. An area where every walk brings a piece of history, a view, restoration, and tranquility, and where you enter the Hoge Kempen region with the feeling that the landscape has been waiting for you for centuries.

https://www.nationaalparkhogekempen.be/nl/thorpark "Thorpark is a 10 km² area behind the former Waterschei mine and has been part of the national park since 2018. Here you'll find everything the Hoge Kempen has to offer: mining mountains surrounded by heath and pine forests, a beautiful stream valley, juniper berries, and inland dunes. A few striking buildings add a touch of character to the landscape: the As Children's Colony and the Waterschei Coal Mine (Thor Central). If you'd like to see what the UNESCO candidacy is all about, you'll find a nice taste here. You can already take a long walk there, but there's no entrance gate yet, as is familiar to the other gates. Thor Central will serve as a gateway in the future. Now you can visit this building, which serves as an event center, without obligation, take a guided tour, or enjoy a snack or a drink in beautiful historic surroundings. Thor Central is also the vibrant Heart of a growing business and science park where technology, research, energy and innovation are at the heart."

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.

Beringen mine spoil heap is a nature reserve on the territory of Koersel (part of Beringen) and is located on Terril number 2 of the former Beringen coal mine. Between 1941 and 1949, 11,600,000 m³ of stone was dumped here. Beringen mine spoil heap is owned by the Agency for Nature and Forests. The mine was closed in 1989 and the spoil heap was cleaned up in 1995. Herbs were sown and the whole was made accessible to the public. At a height of 125 m, 100 m above the surroundings, there is a plateau from which one has a view of the surroundings. The birds include the skylark, tree pipit, meadow pipit and lapwing. The queen page and the blue-winged grasshopper are some of the rare insects that occur in the area.