Cycling Through the Water – De Teut Nature Reserve loop from Bokrijk

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Cycling Through the Water – De Teut Nature Reserve loop from Bokrijk

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Cycling Through the Water – De Teut Nature Reserve loop from Bokrijk

02:17

39.1km

100m

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: August 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 3.25 km for 79 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.75 km

Cycling Through the Water

Highlight • Bridge

The cycle path through the water leads cyclists over a 212-meter-long and three-meter-wide concrete path, with water at eye level on both sides. Swans and other waterfowl swim along the …

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2.08 km

View of "Cycling Through Water"

Highlight • Viewpoint

Super Great

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3.29 km

Domein Kiewit

Nature Reserve

7.58 km

View of the Grote Platwijer Pond

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful viewpoint over the Grote Platwijer Pond.

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14.6 km

Herkenrode Abbey and Nature Reserve

Highlight • Historical Site

Cycling through the water: cycling about 200 meters in length through a pontoon, the edges of which are at the height of the water surface. Nice to do and to …

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19.7 km

Natuurreservaat Rode Vijvers-Wijvenheide

Nature Reserve

20.6 km

De Platwijers-Wijvenheide Nature Reserve

Highlight • Lake

The 200-hectare nature reserve is best known for its abundance of birds. It consists mainly of fish farming ponds and meadows and is the heart of the large landscape unit de Wijers, the largest contiguous pond area in the Benelux.

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28.7 km

De Teut and Tenhaagdoornheide Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

The name of the nature reserve is derived from the Zonhoven dialect word toot, which means "point, tapered end or protruding part". After all, until the border correction with Houthalen …

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29.3 km

Pond in the De Teut heathland

Highlight • Lake

The whole area has received two natural stars as an award.

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30.1 km

De Teut Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

The largest moorland in Central Limburg, home to a carnivorous plant: the sundew.

Beautiful here, with large areas of heathland blooming right now in August.

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39.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.1 km

6.96 km

4.69 km

4.56 km

797 m

Surfaces

25.9 km

8.06 km

3.66 km

962 m

530 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

15°C

9°C

37 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

November 20, 2025,Radeln durch Wasser - Bokrijk (Belgien)

This easy tour in eastern Belgium leads along cycle paths through forests and for a short stretch directly through a river.

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August 26, 2025,In der Weißdornheide...🚲Radfahren durchs Wasser 🇧🇪

First real bike ride after the crash 🚴‍♂️💥
My accident happened at the end of June, and Birgit's last ride was even over a year ago 😯… so it's high time to take the bikes out again!
🎯 Destination: Hawthorn heath near Genk in Flanders... and of course, the highlight:
👉 "Fietsen door het Water" – cycling at eye level …

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May 16, 2026,Belgien: Hasselt-Runde, durch den Teich

Photo no. 8 Meadowsweet with columbine leaves... Albert Canal Liège/Antwerp approx. 130 km, built 1930-1939

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June 21, 2022,Auf Augenhöhe mit Ente & Co - Radeln durchs Wasser in Bokrijk (B)

Link to tour:
visitlimburg.be/en/what-to-do/cycle-through-the-water-bokrijk

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April 6, 2024,Boucle au départ de Hasselt..

Magnificent circuit..the pine forest, the ponds...the cycle paths..no holes..very well maintained....no waste, no cans..
I'm rambling because it's always the same

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