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Open hay barns Kolonie 5-7 – Colony - Eastern Rampart loop from Kolonie Merksplas

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Open hay barns Kolonie 5-7 – Colony - Eastern Rampart loop from Kolonie Merksplas

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Open hay barns Kolonie 5-7 – Colony - Eastern Rampart loop from Kolonie Merksplas

05:38

22.3km

40m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.08 km

Ring Canal Path Merksplas-Kolonie

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Road that runs next to the canal. Enjoy the unique ancient landscape. The decor changes color every season.

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11.8 km

Grote Kolonieplas

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The protected landscape is approximately 600 hectares and is enclosed by a ring moat. The domain consists of a grid-shaped driving pattern interspersed with fields and meadows, with forests, ponds and clay pits.

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12.7 km

Vagrants' Cemetery Merksplas Colony (Landlopersbegraafplaats Merksplas-Kolonie)

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The cemetery contains 227 anonymous white crosses. Most of them have no name, only a number. In total, more than 6,000 vagrants are buried here. The cemetery consists of three plots, each with its own entrance and its own story.

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13.8 km

Open hay barns Kolonie 5-7

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Beautifully restored open haylofts.
These large open barns now serve as a location for markets, events and parties. Ideal place to shelter from rain or bright sunshine.

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14.2 km

Memorial John William Harper V.C 29/09/1944

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Historical location where the Polar Bears forced a breakthrough in the liberation of Merksplas on Friday September 29, 1944. At the Battle of Merksplas, J.W. Harper's life.

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14.2 km

Quarantine stable 19th century

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Behind the Grote Hoeve and the open hay and straw barns in the meadow near the West ring wall is the Quarantine Stable. This distance of 400 meters between the …

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16.4 km

Colony - Eastern Rampart

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In order to prevent the increase in escape attempts, a ring moat was dug from 1893, approximately 10 meters wide and almost 7 km long. The marked walk 'The Escape …

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20.1 km

Blakheide

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The Blakheide is a beautiful nature reserve in Beerse on the border with Rijkevorsel and is located in a European protection area, a so-called Natura 2000 area, where heathland …

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22.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.1 km

5.80 km

2.30 km

1.06 km

Surfaces

10.8 km

7.67 km

3.05 km

627 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 29 May

28°C

15°C

41 %

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Open hay barns Kolonie 5-7 – Colony - Eastern Rampart loop from Kolonie Merksplas

Ring Canal Path Merksplas-Kolonie

Grote Kolonieplas

Vagrants' Cemetery Merksplas Colony (Landlopersbegraafplaats Merksplas-Kolonie)

Open hay barns Kolonie 5-7

Memorial John William Harper V.C 29/09/1944

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Colony - Eastern Rampart

Blakheide

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