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War Memorial – View of the Plaine Baleine loop from Château de Modave

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War Memorial – View of the Plaine Baleine loop from Château de Modave

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War Memorial – View of the Plaine Baleine loop from Château de Modave

02:24

8.97km

110m

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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: June 17, 2026

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Parc naturel Cœur de Condroz

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War Memorial

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A memorial commemorating the impact of WWII, which was very tangible here. The castle served as a camp for a German army unit when German troops invaded Belgium in 1940. …

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1.45 km

The Allies dropped weapons and ammunition with parachutes on the vast field (plaine Balaine) during the Second World War. The nightly supplies were announced via coded messages on the BBC. There was heavy fighting here with the Germans in 1944.

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2.12 km

Bagatelle Maquis Memorial and Notre-Dame du Maquis Chapel

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Maquis de Bagatelle was a resistance group that fought against the German occupation in Belgium during World War II. They had a secret landing site in the plaine Baleine, where …

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2.83 km

Path of Remembrance, 3rd Platoon - 177

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The SS attacked the woods of Bagatelle, near the parachute plain, the platoon of the plain which only had a few men on duty at that time, was forced to …

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4.10 km

Headquarters: HQ - 177 Parachute Drop Zone

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All the staff then return to the PC around midday, no one has eaten since the day before. Bursts of machine guns decide there, the bursting of grenades constantly disturbs the echoes of the woods.

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5.22 km