Smugglers' route border crossing – Smuggling Route Border Crossing loop from Strijbeek

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Netherlands

North Brabant

Alphen-Chaam

Smugglers' route border crossing – Smuggling Route Border Crossing loop from Strijbeek

Moderate

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(700)

2,837

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Smugglers' route border crossing – Smuggling Route Border Crossing loop from Strijbeek

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10.0km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.38 km

Smugglers' route border crossing

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Beautiful 100% unpaved surface. With many frog ponds, beautiful views.
You can split this walk into 8 km (smuggling path) and 4.5 km (red signage).
The signage is perfectly placed. …

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1.55 km

Smuggling Route Border Crossing

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That's how you cross the border again...

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3.36 km

Avenue of Pollard Willows

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Nice, a short walking trail

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4.92 km

Bridge Over the Gouwbergse Loop

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The bridge that takes you across the border...

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6.65 km

The Zwarte Goor

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This relatively small nature reserve is located between the Strijbeekse and Chaamse Beek, against the Belgian border. The area has a special flora and fauna due to the combination of …

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6.78 km

Picnic Spot at Goudbergven

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Here it is wonderful to relax by the fen while enjoying a snack and a drink at the picnic table.

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8.25 km

Snoekelpad

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Doesn't matter what season.

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9.25 km

Strijbeekse Heath

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Wonderful and quiet for walking. Wonderful to stay at the window.

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10.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.39 km

2.22 km

425 m

Surfaces

7.71 km

949 m

906 m

477 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

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Comments

November 23, 2024,🇳🇱🇧🇪 Smokkelpad Strijbeek / Meerle (23.11.2024)

I started at the chapel in Strijbeek. Officially, the round starts at the parking lot on the Goudbergseweg. The route is one-way. The route was quite wet in some parts today! The mushroom season is now almost over. It also froze a bit last night. Just before I started there was a very red sunrise, but then I was still …

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March 8, 2025,Boswachterspad Smokkelroute

On the border of Belgium and North Brabant, goods used to be smuggled via narrow and inconspicuous paths. These paths are now the Boswachterspad Smuggling Route. A 9-kilometre walk along streams, over bridges and along border posts. A route through the Netherlands and Belgium.

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March 17, 2023,Strijbeek - Smokkelroute - 8.3 km

staatsbosbeheer.nl/uit-in-de-natuur/boswachterspad-smokkelroute

October 23, 2024,🇧🇪 Smokkelaars route

It's the holiday and so time for a nice walk.

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July 3, 2023,Smokkelroute 🥾 van Nederland naar Belgie, start in Strijbeek Noord-Brabant Nl-Belgie

The smuggling route refers to a path used in earlier times by smugglers to bring goods across the border illegally. During the 19th and 20th centuries, smuggling was a common practice in border regions. The smugglers have to evade taxes and duties by transporting goods, such as tobacco, coffee, alcohol and other valuable products, across the border over unguarded trails.

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