Vlierbeekberg Climb – Huldenberg Castle loop from Hoeilaart

Vlierbeekberg Climb – Huldenberg Castle loop from Hoeilaart

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Vlierbeekberg Climb – Huldenberg Castle loop from Hoeilaart

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40.7km

280m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

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2.26 km

Vlierbeekberg Climb

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17%

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4.80 km

Old Tramway Cycle Path Between Hoeilaart and Overijse

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Old tram bed, converted into a cycle path between Hoeilaart and Overijse. This section of the cycle path follows its own bed, away from the motorway.

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6.66 km

S-Bend climb at St. Martin's Church

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The famous S-bend at the Saint Martin's Church 0.75 km at 5.5%. Following the Taymansstraat with a short bend to 18.3%.

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7.76 km

De Perk Bike Path (N253)

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Smooth, carefree cycling lane: great for getting your to the Smeyberg quickly ;)

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10.6 km

The castle has undergone several transformations over time. It is not known whether there was already a castle before 1490. Shortly after 1490, Jan van Houthem built a fortified castle with an inner courtyard surrounded by moats. At the end of the 17th century, it was converted into a typical French castle with a French garden, straight lanes and square ponds. In 1705, it was shelled during the reconquest of the southern Netherlands from the French and was largely demolished in the course of the 18th century. Around 1811, a villa in "empire" style was built on the foundations. This villa burned down in 1848 and was rebuilt in the same style. The villa was not ideal to live in due to the damp IJsevalei and was extensively converted in 1926-1927 into the Flemish-style castle as we know it today.

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10.9 km

Monuments at Huldenberg Town Square

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Nice place to stop.

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20.9 km

Sint-Agatha-Rode Church

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In the 11th century, a church was probably built here by the count of Leuven, Godfried I, when Sint-Agatha-Rode was founded here. It was then probably a Romanesque church building.
In 1140 the church was handed over by Godfried II to the chapter of the collegiate St. Peter's Church in Leuven.
Around 1400 the church was rebuilt and it took the shape it still has 600 years later.
At the end of the 16th century, the Geuzen destroyed the church and it was rebuilt in the period 1597-ca. rebuilt 1608.
Around the middle of the 18th century a new sacristy was built by order of the St. Peter's Chapter, because the old one had been in disrepair for many years.

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