Hoofdplaat Viewing Point – Dodendraad Artwork Boekhoute loop from Assenede

Hoofdplaat Viewing Point – Dodendraad Artwork Boekhoute loop from Assenede

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Hoofdplaat Viewing Point – Dodendraad Artwork Boekhoute loop from Assenede

02:27

52.9km

50m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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1.23 km

Tree-Lined Avenue

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Beautiful living and working space

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24.5 km

Next to the waters of the Westerschelde

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If you don't relax here, you won't get it anywhere.

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27.8 km

Westerschelde Mudflats and Marshes

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Bike path along the bank of the Westerschelde.

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28.8 km

View over the Westerschelde near Hoofdplaat

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Beautiful view over the Westerschelde, the dike and the landscape behind

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30.7 km

Hoofdplaat Viewing Point

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At this location you can spot seals with binoculars on the sand flats in the Western Scheldt. The shelter is an added value in bad weather conditions.

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45.4 km

Boundary Marker 323 - Boekhoute

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Border post 323 is one of the 365 cast iron posts that span the entire Belgian-Dutch border (458 km). These were placed in accordance with the Maastricht Treaty of August 8, 1843. After Belgium declared its independence in 1830, the Separation Treaty was signed in London on April 19, 1839. On August 8, 1843, this was followed by the treaty concluded in Maastricht, in which the border course is described and recorded in "The regulations for placing the border posts".

The demarcation of the border starts with border post number 1 at the Drielandenpunt in Vaals and ends with border post number 365 in the Zwin west of Retranchement in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. The cast iron posts have black-painted coats of arms of Belgium and the Netherlands in relief, the year 1843 and the post number. 356 bluestone auxiliary stones or intermediate stones were also placed between the cast iron posts.

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45.5 km

Dodendraad Artwork Boekhoute

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The wire of death, made by Wesley Meuris from Mortsel, is not a reconstruction but an artistic interpretation.

It shows an abstract representation of the thread, with a line running through the landscape illuminated by points of light. The reflective strip in the ground symbolizes the electricity wires, while the white rings on the posts refer to the porcelain insulators.

This work of art cuts, as it were, through the landscape and creates a dividing line. Although today we can walk freely from one side to the other, this was not always the case. The artwork emphasizes the power and impact of boundaries between areas, cultures, population groups, and so on.

Although the border is still present, it is now experienced in a completely different way.

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52.9 km

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Bus stop

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