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Waterloo

Château de La Hulpe – Royal Lodge of Groendaal loop from Waterloo

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Mountain biking trails
Belgium
Wallonia
Walloon Brabant
Nivelles
Waterloo

Château de La Hulpe – Royal Lodge of Groendaal loop from Waterloo

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Château de La Hulpe – Royal Lodge of Groendaal loop from Waterloo

01:43

26.8km

200m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: March 30, 2026

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Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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7.70 km

Forest Gravel Path

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Great ride

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8.89 km

Rhododendrons are in full bloom mid-June. Make sure to check them out throughout Domaine Solvay!

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9.48 km

Château de La Hulpe

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Castle in a beautiful large park... Beautiful hedges and ivy give it a green tint...

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10.1 km

Freely accessible park.

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17.1 km

Very large gravel with retaining boards on a steep path: you have to be strong to dismount
On the descent it must be very technical, I would have dismounted too
For lovers of this type of exercise

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17.4 km

This road is called Hakenstakendreef today and connects the current Groenendaal station with the tunnel under Sint-Jansberglaan, which leads you to the former racecourse (and the restored Royal Box).

The Hakenstakendreef is incidentally mentioned in a building application as the "chemin d'accès" (access road) that led to the now-nonexistent Groenendaal-Hippodroom station. See hoeilaart.weleer.be/renbaan-groenendaal/2904

At the beginning of the avenue, you will find information boards about the forest; at the end, by the tunnel, is part of the former racecourse car park where this station once stood, and where racehorses, as well as people, were brought by train.

You are therefore walking in a once very popular area, as at its peak, around fifty horse races were organized in Groenendaal (before the First World War). But you won't see much more than the gravel road and trees (until you reach the remains of the car park and the tunnel).

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18.3 km

Royal Lodge of Groendaal

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Old part of the Groendaal hyppodrome, built under the impulse of King Leopold II in 1896. Nice part to drive along coming from the Sonian Forest

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26.8 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.9 km

5.59 km

2.11 km

1.86 km

131 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.7 km

5.31 km

4.25 km

2.09 km

1.06 km

< 100 m

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Thursday 4 June

17°C

12°C

67 %

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