Ghent–Ostend Canal Cycle Path – Zwaanhoek Nature Reserve loop from Vosseslag

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Ghent–Ostend Canal Cycle Path – Zwaanhoek Nature Reserve loop from Vosseslag

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Ghent–Ostend Canal Cycle Path – Zwaanhoek Nature Reserve loop from Vosseslag

02:37

45.7km

80m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 33.9 km for 10 m

After 37.2 km for 39 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

1.53 km

Duinbossen De Haan

Forest

4.17 km

Radstabe

Nature Reserve

12.9 km

Stalhille Village Center

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Stalhille is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders in Jabbeke, a municipality in Belgium. The village is located in the northern part of Jabbeke, north of the canal Bruges-Oostende.

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15.0 km

Stalhille Bridge

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Please note: the bridge is no longer in use, you will have to take a detour here.

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17.2 km

Ghent–Ostend Canal Cycle Path

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Beautiful path along water very pleasant in summer

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20.1 km

Paddegat

Nature Reserve

27.3 km

De Witte Molen is located on the border of Roksem (Oudenburg) and Bekegem, on the corner of the old Zeeweg and the Ossenweg. Originally it was a fuel mill with the name 'Rockxem mill'. The current brick mountain mill was built in 1843 by Pieter Dierickx Visschers and his wife Francisca Strubbe. During the reconstruction, many beams from the previous wooden mill were reused. Some inscriptions point to this. The Witte Molen is a mountain mill, originally equipped as a grain and oil mill with an oil cellar in the wall. The standing shaft or king spindle rotates on a beam on the lower floor and was fitted with a disc barrel to drive the stone and revolving wheel. Above each grinding chair is a small rack with an axle that is equipped with four hand spokes for pulling out the claw iron.

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36.1 km

Zwaanhoek Nature Reserve

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Description of the area
The Zwaanhoek is bordered in the north by the Ghent-Oostende railway, in the east and southeast by the Nieuwpoort-Plassendale canal and in the southwest and west by the connecting road with many ribbon developments, Oudenburg-Zandvoorde. The area is bisected by a highway.

Shallow excavations and clay extraction in the past have created a varied area with meadows, ditches and swamps. The Zwaanhoek is a typical low-lying basin. The drainage of the area is fairly isolated.

There are many former clay extraction sites within this sub-area. The salt influence is currently everywhere in the subsurface, but often just too deep to be clearly expressed in many current depressions.

Source: natuurpunt.be/natuurgebied/zwaanhoek

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36.9 km

Plassendale-Nieuwpoort Canal

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Beautiful countryside crossed by the canal, including nice cycle paths. What more could you want?

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37.0 km

Plassendale Lock Complex

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A very pleasant little spot to put your bike down and enjoy the sun before leaving for Ostend.

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45.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.1 km

14.1 km

8.19 km

644 m

347 m

309 m

Surfaces

30.3 km

13.3 km

1.43 km

288 m

272 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

18°C

10°C

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Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

July 13, 2025,Schnelle Polderrunde gegen den Wind

Today, a nice ride through the polders with a bit of pressure on the chain. The wind, however, becomes a treacherous companion when there's virtually no slipstream.

Still, it's very nice, as there are almost no cars on the paths/side roads, at most a few older e-bikers in pairs.

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