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Belgium
Flanders
East Flanders
Aalst
Geraardsbergen

De Gavers – Dender Towpath loop from Geraardsbergen

Easy

4.9

(15)

1,624

riders

De Gavers – Dender Towpath loop from Geraardsbergen

01:47

30.4km

110m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 9 m for 29 m

After 30.3 km for 29 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

1.77 km

Boelare Chapel on the Dender River

Highlight • Religious Site

The barony of Boelare was one of the five large baronies of the Land of Aalst, and consisted of the actual barony, four parishes where the baron was village lord …

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2.67 km

Dender

Lake

3

5.56 km

De Gavers

Highlight • Lake

Nice recreation park. Numerous relaxation options.
Fun for kids of all ages

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4

6.74 km

Idegem Lock

Highlight • Structure

Manual lock with numerous traces of restoration in concrete, as a result of the dynamitation in 1940. Upstream adjacent to the lock: metal drawbridge from 1942.
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5

6.75 km

Dender Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Strange that this towpath along the Dender was not yet designated as a highlight in Komoot. This is (at least in my opinion...) one of the most beautiful bicycle lanes in the world. Highly recommended, really beautiful.

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9.67 km

Zandbergen Bridge

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The Dender Bridge in Zandbergen is a wonderful mechanism that belongs in a lesson about industrial archaeology. However, the bridge still works wonderfully and is actually a tourist attraction for …

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7

12.8 km

The Pollare Bridge is an iron pedestrian bridge over the Dender in Pollare, a sub-municipality of Ninove. The bridge was built in 1913 and has been a protected village sight …

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8

13.7 km

Dender Gravel Path

Highlight • Trail

Nice, fast, fun gravel strip.

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9

14.8 km

The Pollare lock on the Dender

Highlight • Structure

Lock Pollare is a lock on the Dender in Belgium, near Ninove. The lock is in use and is located at kilometer marker 35.20. The lock still works with bulkhead …

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30.4 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.4 km

7.79 km

1.50 km

579 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.2 km

5.16 km

1.39 km

522 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 7 June

20°C

11°C

81 %

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