The Silence – Poetry Board Walk De Laks loop from Oud-Turnhout

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The Silence – Poetry Board Walk De Laks loop from Oud-Turnhout

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The Silence – Poetry Board Walk De Laks loop from Oud-Turnhout

05:08

20.4km

30m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Natuurreservaat Echelkuil

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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29 m

Landschap De Liereman Visitor Centre

Highlight • Rest Area

Landscape De Liereman is the first official sanctuary in the Kempen. You can hear the regional, soothing sounds of nature. The landscape is a feast for the eyes with a …

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1.33 km

Shelter and picnic area at Natuurreservaat Echelkuil

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Shelter from unexpected elements of nature where you only hear the silence.

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3.84 km

The Silence

Highlight • Forest

the springs in the silence

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5.09 km

Poetry Board Walk De Laks

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Poems play with your thoughts so much...
Always nice to discover poetry in the landscape.

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6.80 km

Observation tower overlooking the lakes

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There's no tower to be seen here, but there is a bench with a view over the fens.

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7.63 km

Landschap De Liereman

Nature Reserve

8.51 km

De Liereman lookout tower

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Top location to look out over the fens of the Liereman and to spot water birds.

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9.24 km

Birdwatching hide at the boardwalk

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Viewpoint that you reach via a boardwalk and where you can see over the fens with the many reeds where the birds like to hide.

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9.30 km

Wanderer Rest Area Bench, De Liereman Nature Reserve

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Enjoy a walk through the Lierenman nature reserve or just relax with a beautiful view.

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20.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

4.93 km

2.57 km

Surfaces

9.50 km

4.96 km

3.22 km

1.58 km

1.13 km

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 7 November

10°C

4°C

13 %

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Comments

March 10, 2025,De Liereman - Rode Goor - Korhaan

Departure parking De Liereman, Speelbos past the meeting center, part of De Korhaan was inaccessible due to flooding, here turn around but we could also view it from the other side, then along the Rode Goorpad (partly concrete Heirbaan, in the future a new unpaved walking path would be built parallel), the Rode Goor, very worthwhile, further along the beautiful …

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