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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

04:26

77.8km

170m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Natuurdomein Klaverberg

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen

Waypoints

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Parking

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10.5 km

Thor Central

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful place to take a nice walk on the roof of the mine, where the Black gold used to be brought up. Much respect to the miners.

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24.1 km

Cycling Through the Heath Bridge (Fietsen door de Heide), Mechelse Heide

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The bridge is a highlight in the region, elaborately and artistically built and also a safe way to cross the road between Massmechelen and Zutendaal.

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24.9 km

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The Mechelen heath is at its most beautiful in the months of August and September because the heather is then in full bloom.

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30.9 km

As Bicycle Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Great way to cross a busy street.

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31.3 km

Station As

Highlight • Cafe

The oldest preserved station in the province of Limburg can be found in As. After the closure of the coal mines there was no future. In 2014 the last local train drove to football club KRC Genk.

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31.5 km

Hoge Kempen lookout tower (As)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful section where the bike path is a little narrower (by Belgian standards). You drive along the tracks of a narrow-gauge railway, at a memorial in honor of a crashed Lancaster and at a lookout tower.

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35.1 km

Heiderbos Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

In 1970 the Heiderbos nature reserve was established to protect the largest remaining juniper population in Flanders. In addition to the conifers, there are also various types of heather, numerous breeding birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects.

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52.0 km

De Dorpermolen Watermill & Brasserie

Highlight • Monument

The Dorpermolen is a cozy location in a restored water mill along the A-beek. You can still see the mill running both inside and outside. Here you can sit quietly …

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76.1 km

Kolisbergen

Forest

77.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.6 km

27.3 km

8.97 km

2.33 km

644 m

Surfaces

46.3 km

29.9 km

811 m

488 m

325 m

Elevation

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Thursday 21 May

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

Thor Central

Cycling Through the Heath Bridge (Fietsen door de Heide), Mechelse Heide

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

As Bicycle Bridge

Station As

Hoge Kempen lookout tower (As)

Heiderbos Nature Reserve

De Dorpermolen Watermill & Brasserie

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