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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Viersel

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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Viersel

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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Viersel

03:01

49.0km

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 15.7 km for 19 m

After 29.0 km for 21 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.47 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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5.56 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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10.1 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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12.9 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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13.0 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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14.7 km

anti-tank canal

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In the 1930s, near an extensive network of trenches from World War I, soldiers dug a canal in a quarter circle around Antwerp. The canal was between 6 and 18 …

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16.2 km

gravel antitank canal

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Nice piece next to anti-tank ditch, between Schotenvaart and E19.

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17.9 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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42.9 km

Halse Bossen

Forest

49.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.2 km

11.0 km

10.4 km

8.68 km

2.40 km

204 m

157 m

Surfaces

18.0 km

12.8 km

10.3 km

3.86 km

3.53 km

442 m

Elevation

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Today

Friday 26 June

34°C

21°C

46 %

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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Viersel

Connection Between Antitankgracht and Albert Canal

Fort Oelegem

Antitank Canal

Antitankgracht – Green ribbon around the city of Antwerp

Gravel Path Along the Antitank Canal

anti-tank canal

gravel antitank canal

Antitank Ditch Antwerp

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