View of the Ourthe Valley – Blancs Bois Shelter loop from Houffalize

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View of the Ourthe Valley – Blancs Bois Shelter loop from Houffalize

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View of the Ourthe Valley – Blancs Bois Shelter loop from Houffalize

04:55

50.3km

1,080m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 7.18 km for 77 m

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7.20 km

View of the Ourthe Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view is at the height of the large wooden staircase of the bungalows on the mountain side. about 345m

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21.8 km

Path Ardennais

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30.9 km

Ruins

34.4 km

Viewpoint

37.0 km

Blancs Bois Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Here you will find an ideal place to camp. Under the starry sky or under the wooden gazebo.

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37.6 km

Small wooden bridge – Eastern Ourthe

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Footbridge over the Eastern Ourthe, just before the confluence of the Cowanbeek with the Eastern Ourthe. The place is located at an altitude of 345 meters and is close to the "Moulin de l'hermitage".

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42.4 km

Houffalize is a beautiful town in the Ardennes with over 5,000 inhabitants and is also known as the "flower city." Houffalize is situated on the Ourthe River in the vast Deux Ourthes Nature Park. This stunning location and the hilly surroundings have made Houffalize the Ardennes capital of mountain biking. You can cycle on beautiful routes in the immediate vicinity.

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42.4 km

Renée Cense Café & Restaurant, Houffalize

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Houffalize is a beautiful city in the Ardennes with more than 5000 inhabitants and is also called the flower city. Houffalize is located on the river Ourthe in the vast Natural Park of the Two Ourthes. Due to this beautiful location and the hilly surroundings, Houffalize has become the Ardennes capital of mountain biking. In the immediate vicinity you can cycle beautiful routes.

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42.8 km

German Panther Tank Memorial, Houffalize

Highlight • Monument

Tank that can normally be viewed here, has been to Bastogne for renovation.
Consolation... On this site you will find enough information boards that explain the special history of this Panther Tank.
In a nutshell:
On 19 December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the German unit of this tank, the 116. Panzer-Division, LVIII Panzerkorps, 5. Panzer-Armee, captured the town. On January 3, 1945, the Americans started a counter-attack and the German troops had to withdraw to the east on January 15, 1945. The tank was then upside down in the Ourthe, on the west side of Houffalize.
On September 20, 1948, the tank was taken out of the river by the engineers of Namur.
In 2017, the tank was taken apart for a two-year restoration. The tank is one of three surviving Panzerkampfwagen V Panther tanks in the Ardennes, alongside those of the Tank Monument in Celles and Tank Monument in Grandmenil.

Now we wait and look forward to the return of the tank.

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