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: November 8, 2025

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665 m

Rest benches

Highlight • Rest Area

Here you can sit and enjoy the surroundings with a view of the moat

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748 m

Left Caponier

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A Caponnière is an extension on which flanking guns were positioned to fire on the fort moat.

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1.01 km

Main front

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The main front was protected by the caponier, an island facing the enemy consisting of two bomb-proof flanks and a triangle in which a central corridor was connected to the …

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2.21 km

Top view of the Inner Fort

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Very visible in autumn and winter because the trees are bare.

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3.30 km

Marked Veteran Trees WWI

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A nice sturdy walking path allows you to discover the fort from the outside. Several scarred veteran trees on the ring road are silent witnesses. More than 100 years ago …

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5.45 km

Wooden Dragonfly Sculpture

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You can find this beautiful dragonfly at the intersection of the old railway embankment and the Little Switzerland South Entry Point

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5.68 km

Information board and access to Klein-Zwitserland Nature Reserve

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Here you can also sit at the picnic table and eat comfortably.

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6.67 km

Amphibian Pond, Klein Zwitserland South, Mortsel

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From Cattle Pool to Amphibian Pool.
In 2017, the old cattle pond was re-excavated and closed to the public to protect the recovering nature. Frogs, toads and salamanders soon find …

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8.26 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.13 km

2.63 km

1.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.58 km

3.03 km

678 m

533 m

244 m

200 m

Elevation

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Top view of the Inner Fort – Marked Veteran Trees WWI loop from Mortsel

Rest benches

Left Caponier

Main front

Top view of the Inner Fort

Marked Veteran Trees WWI

Wooden Dragonfly Sculpture

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