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The Ketel Forests
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DirkWi
March 10, 2025
Hiking
In 2021, Natuurpunt purchased 16 hectares of the forest area around the Roosenberg Abbey from the Mariazusters van Franciscus (who lived in the abbey until 2016).
The forest, now called 'De Ketelbossen', consists mainly of pines, oaks and birches.
Squirrels, deer, crested tits, black woodpeckers, pied flycatchers and the barbastelle bat, which is rare in Flanders, live there.
The forest is only accessible to hikers.
Sources: Natuurpunt & Wikipedia
The forest, now called 'De Ketelbossen', consists mainly of pines, oaks and birches.
Squirrels, deer, crested tits, black woodpeckers, pied flycatchers and the barbastelle bat, which is rare in Flanders, live there.
The forest is only accessible to hikers.
Sources: Natuurpunt & Wikipedia
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