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Tour 23: 'A day in the tundra' Ternell – hiking in East Belgium

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Tour 23: 'A day in the tundra' Ternell – hiking in East Belgium

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Tour 23: 'A day in the tundra' Ternell – hiking in East Belgium

04:18

19.6km

300m

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With its moor and heathland landscape, the High Fens are reminiscent of regions in the far north. You will discover this extraordinary region on an extensive hike of almost 20 kilometers in length. The Fens isn't populated, so it's best to take some provisions and water with you. Better yet,…

by Ostbelgien

Last updated: May 31, 2024

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hohes Venn - Eifel / Parc naturel Hautes Fagnes-Eifel

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443 m

Ternellbach Trail

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Nature trails e.g. on steep slopes or through deciduous forests, what could be nicer.

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10.3 km

View of the Brackvenn

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A visit to the Brackvenn is a great experience in every season. Everywhere there are wonderful views of the untouched, extensive moorland.

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19.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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14.6 km

3.20 km

1.21 km

491 m

< 100 m

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6.48 km

6.15 km

3.84 km

3.05 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (630 m)

Lowest point (440 m)

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Tuesday 11 August

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Comments

March 9, 2025,Ternell -Hertogenwald -Herzhogrnhügel -Brackvenn.

A very nice walk. Has everything: forest, ridges with root paths. The river Helle often in the background. Some boardwalks and of course the peat. There are also a number of cycle paths that we walk but that does not matter. Completely surrounded by nature.

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February 26, 2023,Ostbelgien: So nah und doch so fern

The pleasure tour 23 starts from Haus Ternell and leads from there along the Ternellbach into the valley of the Hill.
I almost missed the path along the creek and followed the road a little further before I noticed the wrong route and luckily turned around, otherwise I would have missed a wonderful path down to the hill.

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December 30, 2024,Genusstour Hohes Venn

This was the last tour in 2024 for me. I drove to the High Fens to walk over some of the famous wooden walkways. Early in the morning it was really cold, the trees were slightly powdered white. Around midday I arrived at the highest part of the circular tour, the raised moor with the wooden walkways. At that very …

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July 30, 2022,Hohes Venn - Ternell (Genusstour 23) 🇧🇪

After six years in Cologne, this was my first time in the High Fens and I don't know why I waited so long!

The hike is from the ostbelgien.eu site: ostbelgien.eu/de/fiche/hiking/gnustour-23-ternell

Super nice hike and very varied with moorland, but also beautiful forests and river valleys. You orientate yourself at junctions, hike by numbers 🤓 We only deviated in one …

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July 19, 2024,Hill und Venn ab Haus Ternell: Genusstour 23 // Ostbelgien

Once again blown away by "Hill" and "Venn"....

The full description of today's tour from Haus Ternell can be found here:
ostbelgien.eu/de/fiche/hiking/genusstour-23-ternell

I only changed the tour slightly and went a little further into the Brackvenn, which largely avoids the tour template....

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January 7, 2023,🇧🇪 So nah und doch so fern (Ostbelgien.eu: Genusstour 23)

The varied tour with beautiful passages e.g. along the Hill and through the Brackvenn starts at the Ternel nature center.
Here you can also stop at the restaurant after the hike, which is quite strenuous due to the length.
ternell.be

More about this and other "pleasure tours" can be found here:
ostbelgien.eu/de/wandern/alle-wandern?hik%5BhikingO%5D=1

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April 27, 2025,DAV Solingen: Hohes Venn

Second day of our Eifel weekend. Even more sun today.
If you immediately think of the High Fens as a raised bog with its wooden walkways, you're not wrong, but the region has much more to offer.

Idyllic stream valleys and conifers, almost like those in the South of France, are just as impressive as birch groves and heathlands.

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October 12, 2025,Das Hohe Venn - Genusstour 23

On the website ostbelgien.eu/de/wandern/genusstouren you can find circular hikes in Belgium. Tour No. 23 goes through the High Fens. A great loop through beautiful nature. The only criticism is that the paths are sometimes long and always straight, some of them even paved. For this reason, instead of taking the boring forest path (just before the "Grenzweg" parking lot), I …

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May 14, 2022

With its moor and heathland landscape, the High Fens are reminiscent of regions in the far north. You will discover this extraordinary region on an extensive hike of almost 20 kilometers in length. The Fens isn't populated, so it's best to take some provisions and water with you. Better yet, fuel up

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Tour 23: 'A day in the tundra' Ternell – hiking in East Belgium

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View of the Brackvenn

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