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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Rekem

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Rekem

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Rekem

02:02

35.0km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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12.0 km

Gemeentelijke visvijver De Kiezelkuil

Lake

13.3 km

Connecterra, Hoge Kempen National Park

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Connecterra is the main gateway to Hoge Kempen National Park. This unique area is located on the former mining site of Eisden, bordering Dilsen-Stokkem. A quarter of a century ago, …

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13.4 km

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

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Anyone looking for Eisden's mining past will discover traces that are as diverse as they are striking. They stood like exclamation marks in a history that threatened to be erased …

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15.1 km

St. Barbara Church, Eisden

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The monumental St. Barbara Church was built in 1934-1937 to a design by architect Auguste Vanden Nieuwenborg.

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20.1 km

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

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The Mechelen heath is at its most beautiful in the months of August and September because the heather is then in full bloom.

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23.8 km

Cycling through the Heath

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Cycling across the heath takes you right through the Hoge Kempen National Park. In this park, vast pine forests alternate with endless heathlands. Thanks to the new connection between cycle …

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25.8 km

Kikbeek Spring Valley

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The Valley of the Kikbeek source

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25.9 km

Mechelse Heide

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The Mechelse Heide is the perfect gateway to explore on foot. From mid-August to mid-September, the blooming heather transforms this landscape into a purple painting. Unlike at the other entrance …

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26.1 km

View of the Kikbeekbron Valley

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There is a little air of Sweden here, but you are in Belgium! The Kikbeekbron Valley is a nature reserve located on a former sand and gravel quarry.

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27.7 km

Halfbunders

Forest

35.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.7 km

8.96 km

3.22 km

1.33 km

773 m

Surfaces

19.9 km

12.6 km

1.33 km

528 m

477 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 3 July

27°C

9°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

August 9, 2025,Ride; Uitzicht Kikbeekbronvallei 🇧🇪 – Mechelse Heide 🇧🇪 - Steenkolenmijnen Eisden 🇧🇪 - fiets rondtocht vanuit BUNDE 🇳🇱🚲🚲🌤️☀️

Startpunt:
Avia tankstation Bunde
Fiets-knooppunt nr. 14 in Bunde

Onze weekend fietstocht naar België
Even met het veerpond naar België [De Jung2]
zie voor vertrektijden:
rondjemethetpontje.nl/de-jung-2

Het zou een tropisch dag worden dus geen wandeling maar een fietstocht over de Mechelse heide met een pits stop bij " 't Salamanderke"
campingsalamander.com/bistro-t-salamanderke
Waren heel veel fietsers die het zelfde idee hadden. …

July 9, 2023,Vallei van de Kikbeekbron – Maasmechelen heide boucle au départ de Opgrimbie

Great walk with very varied landscapes. In some places, it's like being in the Hautes-Fagnes less relief. Magical even if it was a little hot

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October 3, 2022,Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide und Zuid-Wilhelmsvaart

I really liked this tour - both the nature reserve and the trip along the South Wilhelm Canal.

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Mechelse Heide loop from Rekem

Connecterra, Hoge Kempen National Park

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

St. Barbara Church, Eisden

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

Cycling through the Heath

Kikbeek Spring Valley

Mechelse Heide

View of the Kikbeekbron Valley

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