Attractions and Places To See in Bertembos En Grevensbos - Top 20

Bertembos Hunting Lodge is situated in a secluded, wooded landscape and once served as accommodation for aristocratic hunting parties. The historic building combines simple architecture with functional purpose. Today, the hunting lodge evokes earlier hunting traditions and is a quiet, atmospheric place for nature and history enthusiasts, retaining a special charm and regional significance.

The former hunting lodge is located near Nieuwstraat in Bertem. Nieuwstraat itself is a historic cobblestone road that connects Bertem with the Augustijnerhoeve farm, situated higher up.

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The play forest with play meadow is for young and old. Children can play there, drag branches, build huts and romp around on the play meadow. Not with traditional play equipment, but with naturally created play elements where they can use their imagination. Parents and grandparents can walk there and relax at the shelter. The large play meadow lends itself to an excellent picnic spot. A trip to the play forest is ideal for youth clubs, teachers and pupils. People with a disability have also been considered. The paved footpath at the play meadow is accessible for wheelchair users. In ecological terms, the play meadow is very well situated because of its southern orientation and associated microclimate. On the play meadow, landscape aspects are central, such as a small orchard, a flowery rough with a few spots for field flora, a forest edge with butterfly-friendly shrubs, embankments or ditches that allow heat-loving, special plants. Source and all information at https://www.bertem.be/product/261/speelbos-t-vossenhol

The sunken road itself is quite beautiful with lots of life in the verges. The surface consists of pebbles for the most part. Especially down below it is beautiful with a view of the valley. On the other side, on the Bosstraat, you will find an information board about the area.

If you walk from Bertembos to the Eikenbos (or vice versa) you will inevitably come to the Bosstraat that connects Bertem with Veltem-Beisem at some point. At this crossing of the road you will find an information board about Bertembos and the nature reserve De Koeheide that lies south of Bertembos. Of course, that Natuurpunt sign is not there for no reason. At this location there is a parking lot (where the Bosstraat and the short Oude Bertembosstraat meet) and at the same time one of the three starting points where you can start one of the Natuurpunt routes. The rest you can see on the board and on the spot and on the walking map and info (see the three arrows with the three starting points) on https://www.natuurpunt.be/natuurgebieden/koeheide#kaart By the way, you also have beautiful views here if you walk along the Bosstraat, because you are almost at the highest point of this fairly busy connecting road between the highway from Leuven to Brussels via Kortenberg and the highway from Leuven to Tervuren. Irrelevant info: one of my nieces lives at the end of the Bosstraat, so don't honk when you drive here ;)

The hunting lodge is subject to a building right and the house is rented to a private individual, according to https://opstapinhetlandvandedijleendedemer.home.blog/2019/12/12/bertembos/

A sunken road is a road that is so deeply worn that it lies between two slopes. It is the result of centuries of use and erosion. The most beautiful sunken roads can be found especially in hilly areas with a subsoil that easily forms steep walls, such as in Haspengouw and Hageland.