Walking through the Dommeldal

It is wonderful to walk along the Dommel river. This route takes you to the Dommeldal in the area of Borkel in Brabant, near the Belgian border. A varied walk through forests and old meadows.

Ancient landscape
The Dommel is a small river that originates near Peer in Belgium and flows into the Netherlands at Borkel. The river still meanders here as it used to. In the meadows you see moist meadows and hay meadows with orchids and special plants such as marsh leaf. The smaller plots were already parceled out in the Middle Ages, and in some places they are still separated by hedgerows. The forests are somewhat younger, you walk past pedunculate oaks, willows and silver birches.

Kempen tranquility
It is remarkably quiet in this rural area, even by Brabant standards. This makes it extra easy to completely clear your head with this walk. In Borkel you will pass the Sint Antonius Abt, a flour mill from 1865.