As Bicycle Bridge – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from Vlaams Natuurreservaat Ven onder de Berg

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As Bicycle Bridge – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from Vlaams Natuurreservaat Ven onder de Berg

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As Bicycle Bridge – Heiderbos Nature Reserve loop from Vlaams Natuurreservaat Ven onder de Berg

02:16

39.0km

190m

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: July 29, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Bosreservaat Lanklaarderbos - Saenhoeve

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Heiderbos

Natuurdomein Klaverberg

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen

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2.99 km

St. Barbara Church, Eisden

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The parish church of St. Barbara was commissioned by the mining company. It is dedicated to Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners. The church was built in neo-gothic style …

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4.61 km

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

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Anyone looking for Eisden's mining past will discover traces that are as diverse as they are striking. They stood like exclamation marks in a history that threatened to be erased …

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6.89 km

Crossing of the floating bridge – Hoge Kempen National Park

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A great example of cycling tourism by Visit Limburg, a unique experience that will leave you speechless.

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8.95 km

Lanklaarderbos

Forest

13.1 km

Panoramic View of Hoge Kempen National Park

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Nice resting place with a beautiful view over the Hoge Kempen.

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13.9 km

As Bicycle Bridge

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Bicycle bridge (of course also for walkers) over the busy Europalaan.

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14.2 km

Station As is a former railway station on lines 21A (Hasselt-As) and 21B (As-Eisden). The station building now houses a restaurant and the Kolenspoorvereniging (Coal Railway Association) uses it for the operation of the tourist railway line Waterschei-As-Eisden.

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14.5 km

Hoge Kempen lookout tower (As)

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Hoge Kempen lookout tower / replica drilling tower as designed in 1901 by A. Dumont during the first coal extraction in As.

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19.4 km

Heiderbos Nature Reserve

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In 1970 the Heiderbos nature reserve was established to protect the largest remaining juniper population in Flanders. In addition to the conifers, there are also various types of heather, numerous breeding birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects.

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