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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Panorama terril

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Panorama terril

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Panorama terril

02:10

37.5km

110m

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: June 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.73 km

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

Highlight • Monument

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 after the mine closed and the complete demolition of the mining heritage was decided. A mining site whose facades form the architectural conclusion of the residential cores: the old cités. There are also four restored and converted mining buildings, a director's house and a miner's house, three statues, each representing a different era of fine art, a castle... An offering that could not be more diverse against the uniform background.

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3.34 km

St. Barbara Church, Eisden

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The monumental St. Barbara Church was built in 1934-1937 to a design by architect Auguste Vanden Nieuwenborg.

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8.42 km

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

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The Mechelen heath is at its most beautiful in the months of August and September because the heather is then in full bloom.

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12.1 km

Cycling through the Heath

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Cycling across the heath takes you right through the Hoge Kempen National Park. In this park, vast pine forests alternate with endless heathlands. Thanks to the new connection between cycle nodes 550 and 551, nature is presented to you on a platter. You cycle across the Mechelse Heide, with 700 hectares, one of the largest heathland areas in Flanders. The highlight of this route is undoubtedly the almost 300-meter-long wooden bridge, a recognizable element in the landscape. From the bridge, you have a panoramic view of the natural surroundings.

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14.1 km

Kikbeek Spring Valley

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The Valley of the Kikbeek source

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14.2 km

Mechelse Heide

Highlight • Natural

The Mechelse Heide is the perfect gateway to explore on foot. From mid-August to mid-September, the blooming heather transforms this landscape into a purple painting. Unlike at the other entrance gates, you will not find a visitor reception here. Nature speaks for itself!

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14.4 km

View of the Kikbeekbron Valley

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There is a little air of Sweden here, but you are in Belgium! The Kikbeekbron Valley is a nature reserve located on a former sand and gravel quarry.

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24.4 km

Oud-Rekem

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Of all the small towns on the Meuse, Oud - Rekem has one of the most authentic village centers. Sometimes it was an independent rule with its own coin, its own customs law, its own army and judiciary. Wandering here really means going back to the Middle Ages. Not for nothing was this beautiful little village voted the most beautiful village in Flanders by Tourism Flanders in 2008. Three churches, a chapel, a castle and a pharmacy museum are just a few of the well-preserved sights in the village centre.

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34.6 km

Gemeentelijke visvijver De Kiezelkuil

Lake

37.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.5 km

12.7 km

2.19 km

1.15 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

26.0 km

9.79 km

1.19 km

477 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

30°C

16°C

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Comments

July 9, 2023,Vallei van de Kikbeekbron – Maasmechelen heide boucle au départ de Opgrimbie

Great walk with very varied landscapes. In some places, it's like being in the Hautes-Fagnes less relief. Magical even if it was a little hot

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October 3, 2022,Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide und Zuid-Wilhelmsvaart

I really liked this tour - both the nature reserve and the trip along the South Wilhelm Canal.

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Panorama terril

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

St. Barbara Church, Eisden

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

Cycling through the Heath

Kikbeek Spring Valley

Mechelse Heide

View of the Kikbeekbron Valley

Oud-Rekem

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