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Fort Oelegem – Antitank Ditch Antwerp loop from Maria-ter-Heide

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Fort Oelegem – Antitank Ditch Antwerp loop from Maria-ter-Heide

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Fort Oelegem – Antitank Ditch Antwerp loop from Maria-ter-Heide

02:56

48.2km

70m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 8.97 km for 21 m

After 43.8 km for 19 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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23.3 km

Halse Bossen

Forest

31.7 km

Connection Between Antitankgracht and Albert Canal

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You can regularly watch jet skis in the turning basin

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33.8 km

Fort Oelegem

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The fort was built between 1909 and 1914 to prevent an invasion. After 1918, the fort was rebuilt, its weapons replaced, and its ventilation and emergency exits were adapted.

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34.9 km

Cycling along the Anti-Tank Canal

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It started as a military structure, but it is now an attractive natural ribbon that invites you to walk, cycle, relax and explore. The Antitankgracht dates from just before the …

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35.1 km

The bunkers at the Antitankgracht consist of lock bunkers with the associated subsidiary bunkers. The lock bunkers are elongated freestanding bunkers with a large blank wall, camouflaged by eggs, and …

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38.3 km

Antitank Canal

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The Antitankgracht was constructed just before the Second World War to stop German tanks. Fortunately, that is no longer necessary today, but it does provide us with a nice location to cycle through.

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41.2 km

Antitankgracht – Green ribbon around the city of Antwerp

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The Antwerp Antitankgracht is an artificial watercourse that forms a large quarter circle around the city of Antwerp.
The moat has a length of about 33 km and is at …

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41.2 km

Gravel Path Along the Antitank Canal

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Beautiful gravel path next to the anti-tank canal and through green nature

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46.0 km

Antitank Ditch Antwerp

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Today, its function has shifted from military defense ditch to 'defender of nature and landscape', a unique landscape element, along which you can cycle and walk almost endlessly. Moreover, as …

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48.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.0 km

11.8 km

10.7 km

10.5 km

1.29 km

Surfaces

16.4 km

12.9 km

11.8 km

4.09 km

2.77 km

211 m

Elevation

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Today

Sunday 28 June

25°C

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Fort Oelegem – Antitank Ditch Antwerp loop from Maria-ter-Heide

Connection Between Antitankgracht and Albert Canal

Fort Oelegem

Cycling along the Anti-Tank Canal

Sluice bunker Antitankgracht

Antitank Canal

Antitankgracht – Green ribbon around the city of Antwerp

Gravel Path Along the Antitank Canal

Antitank Ditch Antwerp

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