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Boardwalks – Old Church Path of Berlingen loop from Wellen

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Boardwalks – Old Church Path of Berlingen loop from Wellen

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Boardwalks – Old Church Path of Berlingen loop from Wellen

03:39

14.1km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Bus stop

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508 m

Boardwalks

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Beautiful piece of nature, maintained by Natuurpunt.

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968 m

Highland Cattle in Broekbeemd Nature Reserve

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Near the center of Wellen lies the Broekbeemd nature reserve. When Limburgs Landschap vzw (Limburg Landscape non-profit organization) started there together with the local association 't Bokje, many areas were heavily overgrown and/or planted with poplars. In 1992, the first grazing project in Limburg with Scottish Highland cattle began there, which has resulted in more diverse vegetation. The poplar stands are gradually being transformed into a mosaic landscape with damp roughs, native woodlands, small landscape elements, and calcareous bog. This calcareous bog (or alkaline fen) is very rare: its total area in Flanders is only about 10 hectares. And Broekbeemd encompasses a beautiful piece of it, with many rare plant and animal species such as the toad rush, scaled sedge, and the tawny emerald damselfly. Definitely worth protecting! The water from the numerous springs in the area is collected in about ten pools and then flows into the old bed of the Herk River. It goes without saying that all this pure water attracts interesting species. One of the pools was even created specifically for the Great Crested Newt.

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1.32 km

Broekbeemd Nature Reserve

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On the banks of the Herk...

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1.37 km

View of the church tower of Herten

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On the banks of the Herk with a view of the church tower of Herten...

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8.40 km

Rullingen Castle and Vineyard

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Rullingen Castle (also called Rolengen, Rolenghem, and Ruelingen) is located in the Herk valley in Rullingen, a hamlet of the Belgian town of Borgloon. The oldest known lord of Rullingen was Eggebertus van Rolengen, who witnessed the foundation of Averbode Abbey by his feudal lord, Arnold II van Loon. The medieval fortress was replaced, probably between 1623 and 1638, by a typical Maasland moated castle. It consisted of a U-shaped farmyard and an L-shaped manor house with a projecting square corner tower. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the castle was adapted to the then-current residential standards; a coach house was added. Between 1770 and 1850, an English garden was laid out to the south. In 1912, Knight Pangaert d'Opdorp purchased the castle. The farm behind the castle and a service wing were destroyed by fire in 1920. The building was then thoroughly renovated, a garden was created, and the moats were partially filled in. A new coach house was built using the demolition material. The Provincial Government of Limburg has owned the building since 1978. Until 2013, it was operated as a hotel and restaurant. In 2014, the Province of Limburg sold the castle to NV Livaco in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, one of the companies of the project developer Kolmont, owned by the Tans family in Hasselt. A real vineyard has been located on the Rullingen estate for several years now. In May 2005, one hectare of land was set aside for planting. The vineyard consists of 3,000 Pinot Gris vines, 2,000 Pinot Blanc, 600 Pinot Noir (Sankt Laurence), 200 Riesling, and 200 Kerner. The wine from Kasteel van Rullingen is organic. Unlike "regular" wine, which uses chemical agents, the grapes used in organic wine are grown without the use of any chemical products. Artificial fertilizers, highly toxic herbicides, and all chemical insecticides and fungicides are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN in this cultivation. Organic cultivation is therefore 100% environmentally friendly.

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9.41 km

Old Church Path of Berlingen

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Footpath between Langstraat and Bronstraat

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9.66 km

Haspengouwse Holleweg

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Hollow roads only occur in hilly regions, like here in Haspengouw. They were created by humans. Farmers used to ride with horse and cart via the shortest connection from the farm to the higher-lying field. Due to the busy use of the unpaved road, the track could hardly grow over and the loosened sand was washed down the slope with every rain shower. This is how the road became increasingly hollowed out.

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10.8 km

Oetersloven Chapel

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The current baroque chapel is 17th century. The first chapel that stood here was built before 1187 by the then lord of Wellen who took part in a crusade. She was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows in 1423. Striking in the interior is a polychrome statue of Our Lady from 1423. In the 18th century there was also a hermitage here. It was demolished after the death of the last hermit in 1894. Hundreds of people from surrounding villages still come to this chapel on May 1.

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14.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.07 km

6.09 km

629 m

315 m

Surfaces

4.42 km

3.34 km

2.81 km

1.93 km

1.60 km

Elevation

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Boardwalks – Old Church Path of Berlingen loop from Wellen

Boardwalks

Highland Cattle in Broekbeemd Nature Reserve

Broekbeemd Nature Reserve

View of the church tower of Herten

Rullingen Castle and Vineyard

Old Church Path of Berlingen

Haspengouwse Holleweg

Oetersloven Chapel

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