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You will always come across many cyclists along the Scheldt.

Great road and clean

The castle was built by the Spanish nobleman Don Pedro Coloma and still exudes its former grandeur. Philippe de Marnix, Lord of Sainte Aldegonde, was the right-hand man of Prince William of Orange. He played a key role during the siege and fall of Antwerp in 1585 while mayor of the city. He is also mentioned as a possible author of the Wilhelmus, the Dutch national anthem.

An ideal place to stop for a drink or a snack. Note: closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

A silent witness to a distant past when this bridge was still functional and important. Nature is now taking over.

It's always fun to watch the process of verassen.

A beautiful village square where the Sandstone and the ornate Hop Monument take center stage. On the accompanying information panels, you can read about "Hop Cultivation of the Past" in a nutshell. It's always interesting to learn a little more about Meldert and the faluintjes (little hops). About the monument: it was designed by Jean Bernard Koeman. He created an inverted, abstract hop cone, in a metal structure 5.5 meters high and 6 meters in diameter. It will be planted with living hop cones, which grow up to 7 meters tall. The artwork features the text "On the circumference of the earth, beginning and end meet," a quote from the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, with Koeman replacing "a circle" with "the earth." Source: https://toerismeaffligem.be/

Meldert's village square is triangular and was formerly used as a "dries" (field). The houses surrounding the square formed a safe area for small livestock. Linguistically, a "dries" is a public village space covered in grass that was historically used as gathering places for the village's flocks of sheep, cattle, or pigs before they left for the heathland or meadows or after returning from there.