Wase Kronkels

In the Belgian Waasland you can enjoy cycling through a natural landscape. Part of the route runs over old railway lines: that means wonderfully quiet cycling on car-free paths!

Boudelo Foundation
The Fondation of Boudelo is a varied cultural landscape. Here you cycle through a mix of moist grassland, coppice forests, hay meadows, ponds, deciduous forest and poplar and pollard willow trees. It is one of the few real quiet areas in Flanders, wow! This area was assigned to the then founded Boudelo Abbey around 1218. It is said that the Reynaert story was written in this abbey, which was destroyed by Calvinists from Ghent during the Reformation.

Daknamse Meersen
Villages with historical sights are also included on your route, such as Kemzeke. The picturesque Sint-Pauwels enjoys a protected village view, here you can admire the Sint-Paulus Church from 1494. The Roomanmolen from 1847 is also located here, the highest stone windmill in Flanders. A little further on are the Twist Chapels, the result of a nineteenth-century disagreement between Sint-Pauwels and Kemzeke. At the end of the route you drive over an old railway bed through the Daknamse Meersen, a beautiful nature reserve.