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Helschot Nature Reserve

Helschot Nature Reserve

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Helschot Nature Reserve

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Location: Laakdal, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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Jeff S

February 13, 2022

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Let yourself be guided between Westerlo, Averbode and Herselt...

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

August 14, 2020

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Beautiful piece of nature where you can relax. Thinking about the footpaths "this is where Willem Elsschot got his inspiration" Don't forget to spray against insects. Due to the humid environment they can attack many hikers.

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Willem VS

August 22, 2022

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Helschot is located at the end of the street Elsschot. This 60-hectare forest area has been designated a forest reserve where nature is given free rein. The plants are typical of old forests such as muskwort, wood anemone, marsh marigold, rarefied sedge, valley herb, etc. The frosted head, bullfinch, nightingale, woodpeckers and small kingfisher butterfly feast on the nutrient richness of this forest. It is in this forest that the writer Willem Elsschot (Alfons de Ridder) sought and found his inspiration for his books.
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Distance 1.18 km

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Wednesday 19 August

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Location: Laakdal, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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