LF 51 Kempenroute - Part Flanders

LF 51 Kempenroute - Part Flanders The LF 51 Kempenroute is a 120 km route, partly in Flanders and in the Netherlands, right through the Kempenland with its forests, fens, heaths and meadows. The Flemish route is approximately 75 km long. 'Where the heath touches the sky', is how a Postel pastor once aptly described the beautiful landscape of De Kempen. With this adventurous tour you will discover the splendor of this boundless region. Via exciting paths you cycle along a mosaic of old arable land, hedges and banks. You cross barren heathlands and follow the marshlands along foaming streams deep into the forests on the Dutch-Belgian border. Rushes, reed collars and fragrant bog myrtle make way for wood anemone, pine resin and marshy moss. With a bit of luck, a startled deer, hare or lurking hawk will speed past you at full speed. Admire the Kempen in all its facets while cycling! From east to west The route crosses the Belgian-Dutch border at Postel. Along the Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten canal you arrive in Dessel. You leave the canal to cycle through the typical Kempen landscape via Kasterlee to Herentals. Along the Gedempte vaart you cycle through Grobbendonk to the Albert Canal. This canal takes you via Vierseldijk, Massenhoven, Oelegem, Wijnegem to Merksem, a sub-municipality of Antwerp. Through the port area and the hangars along the Scheldt you reach Het Steen end point of the route. Linked routes At Postel, the Dutch part of the LF 51 Kempenroute connects to the Flemish section of the LF 51.