The natural border area around Brabants Baarle

This route takes you through the Belgian-Dutch border area south of Tilburg. Here you will find a mix of extensive nature reserves and open stream valleys. Variety is key!

Poppel
The route starts at Camping Tulderheyde - Café Vijverzicht, where you can enjoy the famous Belgian hospitality at your leisure. A little further on you are welcome at't Jachthuis Tulderheyde, the perfect location for a pit stop with a drink and a delicious snack. Then you drive into the sparsely populated Flemish country around Poppel. It is wonderful to travel for miles here between the grasslands and fields. Just before the border you cycle past the private estate De Schrieken.

Gorp & Roovert
In Baarle-Nassau & Baarle-Hertog you can count how often you cross the border. The boundaries of the enclaves are visibly displayed in the street scene and sometimes even run straight through buildings. Just below Goirle you cycle through Landgoed Gorp en Roovert. The forests here become denser and darker. You cycle between beech and oak trees, but also between fragrant conifers. Civilization seems far, far away here. What a silence!