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Picnic spot Berkemei – Zoerselbos Gravel Trail loop from Schilde

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Picnic spot Berkemei – Zoerselbos Gravel Trail loop from Schilde

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Picnic spot Berkemei – Zoerselbos Gravel Trail loop from Schilde

02:03

34.9km

40m

Cycling

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

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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4.82 km

Cycling along the Anti-Tank Canal

Highlight • River

It started as a military structure, but it is now an attractive natural ribbon that invites you to walk, cycle, relax and explore. The Antitankgracht dates from just before the Second World War. He was once part of a whole network of defense lines, fortresses and bunkers around Antwerp. After the war, nature took over from the military. Very special places were created with a great diversity of plants and animals. Many species that found their permanent home here have often become rare in other places in Flanders. The Antitankgracht is a real "animal highway" that ensures that animals move from one nature reserve to another. In addition to the beautiful nature, there is of course also the impressive military heritage in the immediate vicinity of the canal: fortresses, bunkers and all kinds of buildings that served a military purpose at the time.

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5.40 km

Gravel path

Highlight • Trail

Easily accessible gravel path along the Antietank Canal.

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11.6 km

Picnic spot Berkemei

Highlight • Forest

At the end of the Berkemei against the Zoerselbos is a respectable oak. A tree chapel has hung here since time immemorial, as one often finds at intersections of important roads. The road from Zandhoven to Brecht crossed here with one of the two roads from Halle to Zoersel. The chapel had disappeared in the late 1970s. The then young Friends of the Zoerselbos association decided to provide a new chapel.

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13.2 km

Zoerselbos Visitor Center

Highlight • Rest Area

Since 1999, the volunteers of the Friends of the Zoerselbos have kept the Zoerselbos visitor center open. This is the central meeting place where you can find all information about the area, where all activities take place and where the walks depart from. Admission to the visitor center and the exhibition is always free.
The visitor center is open on all weekends and public holidays and also on Fridays during school holidays. You can come there from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. At the back of the visitor center you will find the old-fashioned farm room. Here you can view photos that illustrate what it looked like many years ago. Furthermore, a number of antique pieces that used to be part of the contents of the forest house are exhibited. If you go outside through the farm room, you are in the middle of a traditional farm flower garden. Here are many species that are typical of post-war farm flower gardens. A number of species are becoming increasingly rare. The green shop does offer self-grown seed.
more info: zoerselbos.be/Bezoekerscentrum.html

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13.2 km

Zoerselbos Gravel Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Gravelpad in the middle of the Zoerselbos, it can be very busy here during the holidays and weekends.

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15.4 km

Groot Boshuis 1828

Highlight • Historical Site

The Groot Boshuis, also known as Villa Zoerselbos, dates from 1828, as stated in the gable.
In 1828, a large part of the Zoerselbos was purchased by Messrs. De Groter and De Cock, who immediately founded a company to exploit the forest. The demand for wood in mining was high at the time. This farm, which consists of the former stable house, long barn and a baking oven, was built for this purpose.

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19.7 km

Zoerselhof Castle

Highlight • Castle

The current building, with rooms for the abbot and the provost, was built in 1787 by the provost Bonifacius De Wolf. He managed the estates of the Hemiksem monastery, a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Hemiksem in the province of Antwerp. Since then, the farm has served as a children's home, a guesthouse, a hotel-restaurant, and finally a castle. Nowadays, you could live there – with the necessary cash.

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22.8 km

Het Boshuisje (De Loteling), Zoerselbos

Highlight • Cafe

Great host and beautiful terrace at the Zoerselbos nature reserve.

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34.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.2 km

10.5 km

5.93 km

4.26 km

1.90 km

Surfaces

12.6 km

10.3 km

10.2 km

1.17 km

619 m

Elevation

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Sunday 12 July

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Picnic spot Berkemei – Zoerselbos Gravel Trail loop from Schilde

Cycling along the Anti-Tank Canal

Gravel path

Picnic spot Berkemei

Zoerselbos Visitor Center

Zoerselbos Gravel Trail

Groot Boshuis 1828

Zoerselhof Castle

Het Boshuisje (De Loteling), Zoerselbos

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