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This route takes you from South Limburg to Wallonia for a day. You make a trip through quiet forests and past many sights. And of course you can enjoy beautiful panoramas in this hilly region.

Vaelsbroek Castle
Before crossing the border, you will pass the Frankenhof mill. This overshot water mill dates from 1736 and is a reminder of the heyday of Vaals as the center of the textile industry. A little further on is Kasteel Vaelsbroek, a pleasure castle whose origins date back to the fifteenth century. The current U-shaped classicist mansion dates from 1761. Don't forget your camera, because the building is a picture. Just like the Vaalsbroekermolen from 1776.

Picturesque Wallonia
Just past Gemmenich you drive through the vast and wonderfully quiet Preuswald. In the village of Moresnet, houses are still being built with local rubble stones. The beautiful Sint-Remigius church dates from 1673. Just like in Limburg, you regularly see chapels and monumental half-timbered houses in Belgium. Back in the Netherlands you pass Diependal and Plaat, two hamlets where time seems to have stood still.

Neutral Moresnet
Between 1816 and 1920 there was a mini-state in the Preuswald: Neutral-Moresnet. In this former border area there was a zinc mine that was claimed by the Netherlands and Germany. After Belgium's independence, the mini-state suddenly bordered three countries. And the only four-country point that ever existed was created. At the current three-country point you can still see the paving in the pie slice that once belonged to Neutral-Moresnet.