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Tomberg Hill and Bench – Forest Pastures loop from Oud-Heverlee

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Tomberg Hill and Bench – Forest Pastures loop from Oud-Heverlee

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Tomberg Hill and Bench – Forest Pastures loop from Oud-Heverlee

04:56

18.6km

190m

Hiking

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

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Zoetwaterpark

Bosreservaat De Heide

Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.85 km

Chapel of Our Lady of Steenbergen and the Minnebron

Highlight • Religious Site

1652: in the middle of the Meerdaalwoud, Lord van Steenbergen had a chapel built on the spot where a miraculous statue of Mary previously appeared. The statue heals people suffering from swamp fever. Pilgrims flock in. When the French revolutionary armies destroyed churches and monasteries in 1793, local residents were able to save the chapel. Even today you can visit this beautiful Baroque building with a 17th-century interior. With a floor size of 10 by 17 meters and a height of almost 15 meters, it is one of the largest chapels in Flanders. Nearby you will find the very old Minnebron, which has provided clear and pure drinking water since time immemorial. Miraculous healings are also attributed to the source. Source and more information: herita.be/nl/monumenten/kapel-van-steenbergen

If you also want to see the inside and/or attend a celebration, more information at toerismevlaamsbrabant.be/producten/Visits/bezienswaardeheden/kapel-onzelievevrouw-van-steenbergen

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7.48 km

Tomberg Hill and Bench

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Tomberg is the second highest place in the forest (102 m). It is not a prehistoric burial mound (or tomb) as our ancestors thought, but a natural elevation, a dune mound that millions of years ago, together with the Mommendeel mound, actually protruded above the sea at that time. It is here that the illustrious forest court sat for hundreds of years. In the Middle Ages, every free man was in principle allowed to hunt without restriction in forests, meadows and swamps. The big exception were the free forests, the private forests of the dukes. Meerdaalwoud was such a free forest and hunting rights belonged exclusively to the Duke of Arenberg. At first the forest court was itinerant and justice was administered in the various villages. Later, a special building was erected here on the Tomberg for the court hearings. Later still, a hearing was held at Heverlee castle. The punishments were not lenient, but it is thanks to that forest justice that the forest still exists today and has not been sacrificed to the needs of the farmers and citizens in the area. The forest right came to an end with the arrival of the French in 1795. You can read this - and much more - at onroerenderfgoed.be/archeologische-fietstocht-heverlee

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8.87 km

Bosreservaat De Heide

Nature Reserve

9.65 km

Warande Pond

Highlight • Lake

A green pond in the middle of the large forest...

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12.5 km

Beech Cathedral in Brabantse Wouden National Park

Highlight • Forest

There are some well-grown beech trees here, resulting in a bit of a beech cathedral landscape, but, in all honesty, it is still quite minimal. Anyone who knows the Sonian Forest might not want to call this a beech cathedral. Beautiful of course.

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13.1 km

Rope Bridge Everzwijnbad – Brabantse Wouden Children's Play Forest

Highlight • Bridge

A beam quite high above the valley-like sunken road that runs here and is part of the "Tiense Groef", an old Roman road (see komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/6766575 ) - the thing is completely surrounded by a net and it is quite exciting and fun to cross it - unless you are a paracommando or hiker without fear of heights, perhaps.

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13.3 km

Everzwijnbad Play Forest

Highlight • Forest

This play forest was named Everzwijnbad. And sometimes it is a bit of a bath, a mud bath, in some places. But otherwise fun enough, even for those who remained young at heart. In addition to the exciting bridge over the old Roman road, there is a nice mountain with tunnels so that the kids or those who are slim enough can feel like a badger - or something - for a moment, a climbing thing where you can learn everything about annual rings and more playful-educational conditions by the Nature and Forest Agency. Some info at oud-heverlee.be/activities/detail/108/speelbos-everzwijnbad

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13.6 km

Everzwijnbad Play Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Speelbos is part of the beautiful Meerdaal forest. Tucked away in the forest, this alternate play area is dotted with ropes, climbing poles, climbing bridge, puzzle trees and a giant mikado.

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15.8 km

Forest Pastures

Highlight • Natural

The sandy soil means that the paths remain easy to walk even in wet weather.

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18.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

4.83 km

2.24 km

501 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

3.81 km

1.80 km

934 m

660 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 23 August

22°C

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Comments

March 19, 2024,Oud Heverlee - Meerdalwoud

What a beautiful spring day....
A walk of a Komoter in Meerdalbos with its spring flowers caught my attention and I quickly put on my walking shoes.
The scents and colors of the spring flowers fill your nostrils and the warmth of the filtered sun rays through the beginning foliage gives you warmth and security in this early spring. Just …

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April 11, 2024,balade Sint-Joris-Weert

Pleasant walk almost entirely in the Brabant Forests National Park. Route without great difficulty with the note that certain passages can be muddy after rainy periods (particularly at km 9). Departure is from a parking lot with toilets, a water fountain, picnic tables and a small awning to protect against a possible downpour. The route is decorated with picnic tables …

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June 9, 2025,Randonnée Nordic Walking du côté de Sint Yoris Weert.

Near Sint-Yoris-Weert, the Brabantse Wouden National Park offers numerous paths and trails, each more pleasant than the last. In June, only a few small residual puddles remind us that it has recently rained. Nordic walking, like other sports, is a pleasant experience in the lush green surroundings.

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July 5, 2025,Loop in meerdaal woods starting at the zoete waters

Lovely hike through the meerdaal woods. Plenty of changing scenery with loads of places to rest and enjoy the surroundings. The hike starts and ends from the zoete meer parking lots where there are loads of places to sit down for a refreshing beverage and a bite to eat.

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Tomberg Hill and Bench – Forest Pastures loop from Oud-Heverlee

Chapel of Our Lady of Steenbergen and the Minnebron

Tomberg Hill and Bench

Warande Pond

Beech Cathedral in Brabantse Wouden National Park

Rope Bridge Everzwijnbad – Brabantse Wouden Children's Play Forest

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Forest Pastures

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