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The Zwart Water – The Zwart Water nature reserve loop from Bobbejaanland

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The Zwart Water – The Zwart Water nature reserve loop from Bobbejaanland

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The Zwart Water – The Zwart Water nature reserve loop from Bobbejaanland

01:17

17.5km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 1.89 km for 122 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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92 m

Olen Church and Monument

Highlight • Religious Site

Turning point for a bike ride along the canal, at a rest point if you need to continue

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275 m

View of the Canal from the Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Water views are always an added value...

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1.95 km

Here he is the legendary Bobbejaan Schoepen. His most famous and successful song is "See ik de lichtjes van de Schelde", released in 1952, which is known to almost every Fleming. Bobbejaan is also the founder of the amusement park 'Bobejaanland'. The amusement park was officially opened on December 31, 1961.

Today, many day trippers still enjoy this amusement park where Bobbejaan proudly greets his guests posthumously on his soaring horse from Midnight (= Horse from Zorro).

Nice to look up to an enterprising and versatile artist with a great sense of entertainment.

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3.44 km

Terrace at Camping Floreal

Highlight • Cafe

beautiful location to relax

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4.49 km

Bayot's Little Courtyard Memorial

Highlight • Monument

nice to stop and rest for a while

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10.9 km

The Zwart Water

Highlight • Lake

Het Zwart Water consists of a fen with woods on the edge, gale thickets, willow breeches and lean grassland. In the middle of the water there is a floating platform that birds like to use to rest and build their nest. Long ago, Zwart Water and its surroundings were an open dune landscape where the wind had free play. Sand was blown away to a hard layer in the subsoil, after which it collected around it to form dune ridges. The hard layer did not let water through and thus gave rise to a pool. Peat, better known as peat, developed in this area, which gave the water a dark color. Hence the name "Black Water".

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The Zwart Water nature reserve

Highlight • Lake

A century ago and before that, the Zwart Water was a peat cutting company. That is why the name Black Water. It is a biodiverse area, with many species of insects, reptiles and avifauna. It's worth a bike ride through the Kempen forests between Herentals and Lichtaart.

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17.2 km

Turning basin

Highlight • River

Boats also have to turn around sometimes...

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17.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.96 km

6.39 km

3.55 km

633 m

Surfaces

7.03 km

6.82 km

2.71 km

590 m

388 m

Elevation

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Thursday 25 June

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The Zwart Water – The Zwart Water nature reserve loop from Bobbejaanland

Olen Church and Monument

View of the Canal from the Bridge

Statue of Bobbejaan Schoepen

Terrace at Camping Floreal

Bayot's Little Courtyard Memorial

The Zwart Water

The Zwart Water nature reserve

Turning basin

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