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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Boechout

Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Boechout

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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Boechout

02:49

55.2km

90m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel 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: April 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a movable bridge

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After 26.4 km for 19 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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14.7 km

Gravel Path Along the Antitankgracht

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This passage under the E34 has recently been largely redeveloped. Nowadays it is no longer a narrow alley in the forest, but it is more comparable to the rest of …

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16.4 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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17.4 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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20.8 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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23.7 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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25.4 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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28.6 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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33.3 km

Antitankgracht

Lake

37.4 km

4a;4b

Forest

37.9 km

Vijver Boothuisje

Lake

38.5 km

Park of Brasschaat - obelisk

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All roads lead to Rome, but in Brasschaat all roads lead to the Obelisk, on Hemeldreef in the park. Here six lanes come together

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55.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.3 km

17.6 km

7.13 km

6.74 km

5.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.6 km

16.9 km

12.6 km

5.68 km

1.24 km

222 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 17 May

14°C

9°C

85 %

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Fort Oelegem – anti-tank canal loop from Boechout

Gravel Path Along the Antitankgracht

Fort Oelegem

Cycling along the Anti-Tank Canal

Antitank Canal

Antitankgracht – Green ribbon around the city of Antwerp

anti-tank canal

Antitank Ditch Antwerp

Park of Brasschaat - obelisk

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