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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
3 days ago
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
3 days ago
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Today I chose 2 short, flat walks starting from Visitor Center De Wissen in Stokkem. I saved them separately because they are 2 separate signposted routes with different color designations each, but you can walk them perfectly in one go, which I also did today.
Walking along the Maas always gives me a
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
5 days ago
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In Diepenbeek, a university campus has been located in the green Demer valley for 50 years. It houses campuses of UHasselt, UCLL, and PXL. The Diepenbeek campus is undergoing significant change. Limburg DC is becoming not only a place to work and study, but also an experiential campus, where local residents
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 25, 2026
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May 25, 2026
The mining activities in Heusden-Zolder are now part of history, but on the Voort and in Berkenbos, you can still feel the soul of those pioneering years.
On the Voort, we used to go to the market to buy fresh vegetables. At that time, it stretched from the station to the triangular square in front of
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May 24, 2026
Between 1734 and 1776, the notorious robber gang of the Bokkenrijders (Goat Riders) plagued the region around Herzogenrath (then the Land of 's-Hertogenrade).
The most famous and sensational Bokkenrijders trial in the Land of 's-Hertogenrade was the case against Joseph Kerckhoffs, who was regularly mentioned
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 23, 2026
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May 23, 2026
This morning early, before the heat and before the busy traffic, I walked a loop through Boekt, a sub-municipality of the former Zolder, nowadays Heusden-Zolder. My grandparents lived in Boekt and I remember from my childhood that Boekt was not yet a densely populated area and rather leaned towards a
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 22, 2026
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May 22, 2026
Since the fields were still being worked with horse and plough, enormous stones were found in the ground in Diepenbeek. Between approx. 1860-1880, dozens of these enormous stones were found in various places in the municipality and during amateurish "excavations" at a depth of about 1 meter. Because
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May 17, 2026
On the border of the poor Kempen and the fertile Haspengouw lies the Munsterbos. Northeast of the village center of Munsterbilzen, 450 hectares of forests, ponds, marshes, and grasslands stretch out. Here and there, even a patch of purple heather peeks through.
The area is so special due to its location
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 16, 2026
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May 16, 2026
In the typical small Haspengouw village of Kleine-Spouwen, you can enjoy the rolling landscape and beautiful hidden corners. In this pronounced agricultural region, Natuurpunt chooses to do nature and landscape restoration 'under the church tower', close to the people.
They also set up the Geitenpad
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 15, 2026
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May 15, 2026
Georges Lambrechts from Bilzen wrote a beautiful book, in his Bilzen dialect, with stories from the childhood of the little 'Zjors of the brewer'. A fragment from one of those stories lyrically describes what Zjors understood when one spoke of Bilzen and the Demer. Not a place or a line on a map, but
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 10, 2026
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May 12, 2026
In the run-up to my Demer walks, I went to take a look at the Prinsbeemden domain in Kuringen, to find out if the cycle connection with the city of Hasselt had already been established, so that we could easily continue to follow the Demer from Hasselt. Unfortunately not yet, and therefore there will
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 9, 2026
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May 9, 2026
This walk takes you through the historic 'cité', a neighbourhood that was built entirely around the Beringen mine. Here you will find not only homes for the miners, but also schools, sports fields, shops and churches, all built by the mine.
Discover the mining past and download the free app 'Beringen
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 8, 2026
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May 8, 2026
On the banks of the Demer, Jazz Bilzen took place annually between 1965 and 1981. Jazz Bilzen was a groundbreaking Belgian music festival, often called the "mother of all festivals", which brought together jazz, pop, and rock long before Pukkelpop or Rock Werchter saw the light of day. It attracted thousands
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 3, 2026
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May 3, 2026
The Vliermaalroot hiking area is mainly located in and around the Mombeek valley and runs past castle estates, forests, grasslands, and poplar plantations.
The blue route runs partly along the meandering Mombeek and partly along the Jongenbos and the castle estate of the same name. The Jongenbos is located
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An 🇧🇪 went for a hike
May 1, 2026
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May 1, 2026
Het Hornebos is one of the rare forest gems between the fertile fields of South Limburg. Here the Herk originates, which winds its way through the whole of Haspengouw. In this former backyard of the counts de Borchgrave d'Altena, you stroll under mighty beeches and oaks. The surrounding agricultural
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3 days ago
Today I opted for 2 short, flat walks starting from Visitor Center De Wissen in Stokkem. I saved them separately because they are 2 separate signposted routes with a different color indication each, but you can walk them perfectly in one go, which is what I did today.
This green route is fully wheelchair
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