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Gravenkasteel Avenue – Tommenmolen loop from Grimbergen

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Gravenkasteel Avenue – Tommenmolen loop from Grimbergen

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Gravenkasteel Avenue – Tommenmolen loop from Grimbergen

05:35

21.9km

60m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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5.39 km

Saint Brixius Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The mention of Rode appears in a letter from 1110 when the Berthouts, lords of Grimbergen, transferred the 'altare de Mensce' together with its dependencies Oppem and Rode to Bishop Odo van Kamerijk. Meise then came under the patronage of the church of Grimbergen. When the abbey of Grimbergen was founded in 1127, this was accompanied by the transfer of the aforementioned goods (1132). In 1838, Sint-Brixius-Rode finally became independent of the parish of Meise and was given its own rectory.

As early as the 11th century, there was mention of a church with a wooden tower. In the 13th century, a stone church was started, which was mainly modified and expanded in the 15th and 17th centuries. For example, the church was significantly enlarged in 1655 with the support of Count Eugeen de Berghe, lord of Sint-Brixius-Rode, see coat of arms in the west facade. When the church had become very dilapidated at the end of the 19th century, urgent restoration work was necessary. In the period 1907-1908, the church underwent a thorough transformation in neo-Gothic style, carried out according to the plans of architect F. Symons (1869-1942). The windows and roofing in particular were thoroughly modified. Previously, the church had pointed arch windows that were changed into neo-Gothic pointed arch windows with tracery. The choir, which was previously shorter and provided with the date 1749, was extended with a sacristy.
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12.6 km

's Gravenbos

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The 's Gravenbos is a Ferraris forest located in the Flemish Brabant village of Humbeek, on the border with Nieuwenrode and Ipsvoorde. It is one of the largest and oldest forests in the area. The forest, like the neighboring Driesbos, is European protected as part of the Natura 2000 habitat directive area 'Forests of the southeast of the Sand Loam Region'. It is largely private, but some hiking trails, including Buurtweg 17 and 30 and Voetweg 64, are accessible.
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13.1 km

Gravenkasteel Avenue

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This lane is very old. The Counts' Castle is depicted for the first time in Jacob Harrewijn's etching (1694). The water castle is currently accessible via a lane from Warandestraat, but the main access with a long, straight and double floating structure departs from the Brussels-Rupel canal. This canal, formerly known as Bruesselsche Schipvaert or Willebroekse Vaart, was dug between 1553 and 1561. This wide avenue between the canal and the castle complex does not end at the bridge and the gatehouse, but for an unknown reason just next to it.
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13.6 km

Lourdes Grotto Humbeek

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Lourdes Grotto and Stations of the Cross with calvary located in the Gravenbos, north of the Sas or Kasteeldreef in Humbeek.
Monumental Lourdes Grotto with altar and Marianis in typical rocky view. Preceded by benches and a concrete shelter with imitation tree trunks as pillars and accessible via a metal pipe gate with the letters "A" and "M" (Ave Maria).
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13.7 km

Avenue of 's Gravenkasteel, Humbeek

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17.5 km

Hoge Horik

Nature Reserve

19.8 km

Lintbos

Nature Reserve

20.9 km

Tommenmolen

Highlight • Monument

The 16th century Tommenmolen is one of the four water mills on the Maalbeek. It was restored in 1971, preserving the oak interior and the bread oven. The grinder mechanism can still be operated.

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21.3 km

Charleroyhoeve

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The "Charleroyhoeve" in traditional brick and sandstone style is a remnant of what was once the most prestigious (semi-)closed farmyard of Grimbergen Abbey. Partly walled buildings from the third quarter of the 17th and 18th centuries, adapted or renovated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Rurally located on the northeastern edge of the village center, implanted on the corner formed by the Maalbeek and the Lierbaan within the protected village view "De Maalbeekvallei".
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21.5 km

De Liermolen

Highlight • Monument

De Liermolen is one of five watermills on the Maalbeek in the Flemish Brabant municipality of Grimbergen (one in the borough of Strombeek-Bever and four in the borough of Grimbergen). The buildings of this flour mill partly date from the 17th century and were renovated in 1759 and 1762. De Liermolen is the former abbey mill of Grimbergen Abbey and is built of whitewashed brick and sandstone. It was inhabited until the end of 1971 and was restored at the end of the 1970s. The milling department of the Museum of Older Techniques (MOT) has been housed here since 1980. The ready-to-use watermill has an intact interior and is kept running for grinding demonstrations.
The Liermolen is named after the lords of Lire, who sold their watermill to the abbey in 1341.

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21.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.97 km

5.71 km

4.12 km

3.13 km

Surfaces

9.05 km

5.73 km

3.23 km

2.20 km

1.59 km

140 m

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Gravenkasteel Avenue – Tommenmolen loop from Grimbergen

Saint Brixius Church

's Gravenbos

Gravenkasteel Avenue

Lourdes Grotto Humbeek

Avenue of 's Gravenkasteel, Humbeek

Tommenmolen

Charleroyhoeve

De Liermolen

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