Cycling around Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog

You cycle past fields, grasslands and old thatched farms. You will also pass through characteristic villages such as Ulicoten and Chaam. Then you cycle through the Chaamse Bossen. This was once a rugged area with sand drifts and wet heath, but the area was reclaimed between 1900 and 1935. You are now driving through a fragrant coniferous forest. At junction 70 you enter the Bels Lijntje: a beautiful cycle path on the former railway route between Turnhout and Tilburg. Further on you cross the border and cycle a rural circuit around Ravels. How wonderfully peaceful it is here! No wonder that much smuggling took place in this region until the 1960s.