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View from the Hoge Blekker – Wulpen Drawbridge loop from Veurne

View from the Hoge Blekker – Wulpen Drawbridge loop from Veurne

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View from the Hoge Blekker – Wulpen Drawbridge loop from Veurne

02:29

40.2km

100m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 10.6 km for 188 m

After 19.8 km for 62 m

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8.11 km

View from the Hoge Blekker

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Welcome to De Hoge Blekker, with its 33 meters the highest dune in the entire Flemish coastal region. A striking appearance and an impressive eye-catcher. The dune used to be a fixed navigation point for sailors. From a distance they could see the white back as a kind of 'flash' ('bleach' is the local dialect for 'flash'). The Hoge Blekker is a drifting dune that has covered some distances over time. The dune now covers an area of approximately 33 hectares. Enough room for a picnic stop!

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8.87 km

Climb Hoge Blekker

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Hoge Blekker, the dune that gave the domain its name, is the highest dune ridge (33 m) on the Flemish coast. Blekker or Blinkaart is the popular name for bare dune hill that reflects the sunlight (bleach or shine).

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10.6 km

South Abbey Mill (Koksijde)

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Centuries ago, one of the two mills of the Ten Duinen Abbey stood, today the South Abbey Mill stands. The current Koksijde South Abbey mill dates from 1773 and was originally located in Houtem near Veurne (Lootvoet mill). There it was demolished in 1951-1952 and rebuilt in Koksijde in 1953.

Until today, miller Patrick Geryl is the only remaining full-time miller in Belgium. Anyone who visits the mill will be happy to show you around in his habitat: the South Abbey Mill. Feel the wind play with the mill, see how the grain is ground into flour and smell the history.

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16.5 km

Forest Trail

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Top, to do and redo 👌

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17.2 km

Calmeynbos -west

Forest

18.3 km

Krakeelduinen

Nature Reserve

28.8 km

Gravel Path Through De Doornpanne

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The Doornpanne, together with De Hoge Blekker and De Schipgatduinen, forms a 240 hectare dune massif. The central part is owned by Aquaduin and functions as a water extraction area. Other parts have the status of Flemish Nature Reserve and are managed by the Flemish Community.
The area includes diverse dune types, from drifting dunes and dune grasslands to densely vegetated pans and fixed inner dunes.

The core of the dune complex consists of a wide depression (panne), the vegetation of which forms a mosaic of forest, shrubs and open dune vegetation.

There is a belt of drifting dunes around it, including the highest dune top on the Flemish coast (the Hoge Blekker 33 m).

Source: aquaduin.be Visitors/natuurbanden/de-doornpanne

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30.3 km

De Doornpanne

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De Doornpanne, together with De Hoge Blekker and De Schipgatduinen, form a 240 ha large dune massif. The central part is owned by Aquaduin and functions as a water collection area. Other parts have the status of Flemish Nature Reserve and are managed by the Flemish Community.
The area comprises a variety of dune types, from shifting dunes and dune grasslands to densely vegetated pans and fixed inland dunes.

The core of the dune complex consists of a broad depression (panne), the vegetation of which forms a mosaic of forest, scrub and open dune vegetation.

Errond is a belt of shifting dunes, including the highest dune top of the Flemish coast (the Hoge Blekker 33 m).

Source: aquaduin.be/visitors/natuurgebieden/de-doornpanne

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35.4 km