Beverlo Canal – Cycling through the Trees loop from Leopoldsburg

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Beverlo Canal – Cycling through the Trees loop from Leopoldsburg

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Beverlo Canal – Cycling through the Trees loop from Leopoldsburg

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74.6km

120m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationaal Park Bosland

Vloeiweiden

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.46 km

Kanaal van Beverlo

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The canal to Beverlo was built in a record time of three years. The excavation work began in 1854. It serves as a branch of the Bocholt-Herentals canal and was mainly built for military purposes. It was a supply canal for the garrison town of Leopoldsburg. Later it also became commercially important for the metal industry in Lommel. The canal flows into the port bay of Leopoldsburg and is navigable without locks.

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6.43 km

Beverlo Canal

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The Canal to Beverlo is a branch of the Bocholt-Herentals Canal near the hamlet of "Blauwe Kei" in Lommel. It is one of the seven Kempen canals between the Maas and the Scheldt.
Construction started in 1854 and was completed three years later. The canal was dug mainly for military reasons. After the independence of Belgium, the Beverlo Camp was established in Beverlo from 1835 onwards (called Leopoldsburg from 1932). The Camp needed good access roads for the supply and transport of heavy military equipment. Afterwards, the canal also became important for the metal industry (Vieille Montagne), which settled along the canal in Balen in 1889.
The canal ends in the harbor basin of Leopoldsburg and is free of locks.

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11.2 km

German War Cemetery Lommel

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The German Military Cemetery is the largest Western European cemetery from WWII. Here 39,111 German soldiers were given their final resting place. Walk along the endless rows of graves, discover their stories and reflect. You can strengthen your inner self afterwards in the brasserie with terrace: Hof Ten Vrede.

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11.8 km

Kattenbosserbergen

Forest

28.6 km

2de vloeiweide

Forest

33.8 km

View of the Canal

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63.2 km

Winding Cycle Path in Bosland National Park

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This is a beautiful piece of cycle path that winds through a wooded area and that is part of a beautiful area. Where you can encounter various animals with some regularity.

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64.5 km

De Boom In by Will Beckers

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The various sculptures and art objects give a special appeal to a cycle path in this area. In addition, the information boards are very informative and often have to do with the life of butterflies.

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66.0 km

Cycling through the Trees

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Architectural splendor in the middle of the woods! Very nice experience to cycle between the tops of the trees!

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66.2 km

Cycling Through The Trees

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'Fietsen door de bomen' in National Park Bosland is located at junction 272 of the cycle network in nature reserve Pijnven, which is itself part of the dense forest landscape of National Park Bosland.

The poles supporting the cycle path symbolize the straight trunks of the pine trees in the forest where it is located. This ensures that the construction blends beautifully into the surroundings. The forests of Pijnven consist mainly of conifers that were planted decades ago for timber production for mining. However, with the closure of the Limburg coal mines, these trees were never felled.

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74.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.2 km

25.6 km

21.5 km

159 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.3 km

33.7 km

1.28 km

1.23 km

157 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 9 November

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Comments

May 16, 2025,Fietstocht door boomtoppen

Bike ride with friends of ours through the treetops between Lommel and Hechtel-Eksel. We started there and liked it so much that we ended there too. It was another very nice but especially pleasant day.

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May 12, 2024,Tagestour / Rundtour ( 2 Baumberger in Belgien ) - 5* Deluxe Tour auf 5* Radwegen

## Unsere Fahrradtour in Belgien ##

Heute mussten wir eine etwas längere Anreise auf uns nehmen, um unseren Startpunkt zu erreichen, aber rückblickend hat es sich absolut gelohnt. Das Jahr ist ja noch sehr jung, und wir stehen erst in den Startlöchern der Fahrradsaison 2024, aber wir können jetzt schon sagen, dass diese Tour es ohne Weiteres geschafft hat, in …

May 16, 2025,Lommel: fietsen tussen de boomtoppen

Normally we always plan 2 or 3 cycling days a year with my cousin and her husband, now we could hardly plan 1 cycling day🫣 . But with better times ahead.
Today we enjoyed our ride through the treetops in Lommel, Belgium. We started and, because it was so much fun, ended our cycling day through the treetops 🤩 and …

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July 17, 2024,Belgien🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ fietsen door de Bomen 🌳🌳 💚👌Parking Wandelgebied Dommelveller, Roompot in Eksel, Super asphaltierte Waldwege, Lommel, Neerpelt, Parkpl.

🚴‍♂️ 🚴‍♀️ Tour through the 🌳🌲🌳 in the Pijven in 🇧🇪, a spectacular highlight ... it is a special experience for the senses 👀👃 because you can't get any closer to the 🌳🌳 treetops 💚 ... the 🚲bridge, a double circle with a diameter of 100 meters and a length of about 700 meters, rises gradually (3-4%) to a height …

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