Through the outskirts of Brussels

This route takes you through the surprisingly green area east of Brussels, the so-called Dijleland. You drive through a gently rolling landscape that is dotted with fields, meadows, streams and rivers, sunken roads and forests.
The route takes you through towns such as Zaventem, Kortenberg and Veltem-Beisem. The landscape around Kortenberg is flat and is characterized by wide, shallow valleys of the Weesbeek, the Zuurbeek and part of the Molenbeek. These three streams belong to the drainage area of the Dijle river. In Beisem you pass Kerkstraat: it is worth driving into this street, as the area around the old St. Michael's Church is a protected village view.

Kampenhout, together with Kortenberg, is considered the epicenter of Flemish chicory cultivation. In and around the old village you will see various monuments, such as chapels, mansions and regional farms. Just past Kampenhout you cycle through the Hellebos. In this almost twelve hectare forest, centuries-old oaks and beech trees still grow. They are a feast for the eyes, but also for the beaks of the woodpeckers that regularly make themselves heard.

You drive through the Floordambos between the villages of Perk and Melsbroek. This relatively small forest consists largely of swamp forests with alder, birch and ash. The lower plants have a high botanical value: spotted arum, slender primrose and large populations of wood anemone grow there.