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Mortuary – De Galgenberg Nature Reserve loop from Schachtbok voormalige Koolmijn Zolder

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Mortuary – De Galgenberg Nature Reserve loop from Schachtbok voormalige Koolmijn Zolder

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Mortuary – De Galgenberg Nature Reserve loop from Schachtbok voormalige Koolmijn Zolder

01:17

4.98km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 2.22 km for 122 m

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819 m

View of ZLDR Luchtfabriek and Mine Buildings in Zolder

Highlight • Monument

In 1992, the last mine in the Benelux closed its doors in Zolder. However, it was the first place where the protected buildings were given a new purpose. Together with …

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1.54 km

Street Art Tour Elentrik - Wout Maes

Highlight • Monument

Since September 2024, there is the 'Tour Elentrik' cycle route in Heusden-Zolder. About 30 boring electricity boxes were taken in hand by local or more famous street art artists in …

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2.12 km

Old water tower and Monnoyer chimney

Highlight • Monument

Before compressed air was used, the machines on the site were powered by steam. The water tower next to the hoist building and the chimney of the boiler house on …

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2.34 km

Mortuary

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The only remaining mortuary of all the Limburg mines is located on the Zolder mine site. Unfortunately, fatal accidents occurred regularly during mining. This former mortuary was used to store …

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2.43 km

"The Miner" - sculpture by Anto Jurkić

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With the large bronze statue ‘The Miner’, Limburg and the Heusden-Zolder mine site will gain a beautiful statue. A tribute to the miners, made by the famous Croatian artist Anto …

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4.25 km

Heusden Water Tower on De Galgenberg

Highlight • Monument

Here too, the water tower is on a mountain as you often see. Other examples: the water tower on the Klitsberg in Paal, the Balenberg in Baal and so on.

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4.90 km

De Galgenberg Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

The Galgenberg is a small nature reserve a stone's throw from the parking lot of the mine spoil heap in Heusden-Zolder and the neighboring Lindeman, one of the first garden …

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4.91 km

In memory of Father Landewald Janssen

Highlight • Monument

Landewald Janssen, a Franciscan Friar Minor, was an adept naturalist in various fields. His numerous publications, including those in De Wielewaal, Natura-Limburg, and
in publications of the Limburgs Landschap, dealt …

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4.98 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.13 km

1.85 km

749 m

233 m

Surfaces

3.08 km

1.10 km

506 m

139 m

131 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Mortuary – De Galgenberg Nature Reserve loop from Schachtbok voormalige Koolmijn Zolder

View of ZLDR Luchtfabriek and Mine Buildings in Zolder

Street Art Tour Elentrik - Wout Maes

Old water tower and Monnoyer chimney

Mortuary

"The Miner" - sculpture by Anto Jurkić

Heusden Water Tower on De Galgenberg

De Galgenberg Nature Reserve

In memory of Father Landewald Janssen

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