View of the Plain – Viewpoint Gentbrugse Meersen loop from East Flanders

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View of the Plain – Viewpoint Gentbrugse Meersen loop from East Flanders

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View of the Plain – Viewpoint Gentbrugse Meersen loop from East Flanders

01:06

10.0km

10m

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

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Nationaal Park Scheldevallei

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Start point

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1.44 km

Rustic Shelter in Gentbrugse Meersen

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The Gentbrugse Meersen is a 270 ha large open area southeast of Ghent. Natuurpunt and the City of Ghent are collaborating here on a nature core with space for play nature. It lies between the built-up areas of Gentbrugge and the wide Scheldt bend that marks the beginning of the Zeeschelde. Together with the Damvallei in Destelbergen, the area forms a large green patch of 650 hectares near Ghent.

Source: natuurpunt.be/natuurgebied/gentbrugse-meersen

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2.29 km

View of the Plain

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2.40 km

Viewpoint Gentbrugse Meersen

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Via the stairs of the hill you reach the viewpoint over the Gentbrugse Meersen and the Scheldt arm. The hill is easy to reach from the gateway to the Gentbrugse Meersen, which is located along the Scheldt dike.

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2.68 km

Meersen Pond (Gentbrugse Meersen)

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This is one of the many lakes that make the Gentbrugse Meersen into meersen. In wet times there is half a meter of water here. In times of drought, the ground cracks open and all vegetation disappears. In the spring, mosquitoes dance here in thick swarms above the edges of the puddle.

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4.47 km

Gentbrugse Meersen

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A beautiful mix of watery plains and patches of forest.

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5.61 km

Poppy Fields in the Gentbrugse Meersen

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The mountain range of the Gentbrugse Meersen

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7.38 km

Coninxdonck Castle

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Coninxdonck Castle is also known as Sloover Castle. The current castle, a former country house called Coninxdonck, was built in the first quarter of the 19th century and replaced an older castle that belonged to Elisabeth Muysconinckx, the Lady of Coninxdonck, who had married Boudewijn Borluut in 1313.

An avenue planted with a hundred lime trees leads to the castle, the other avenues are lined with poplars.

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7.62 km

Avenue along the castle estate

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This unpaved lane runs along Coninxdonck Castle in a green and peaceful environment. It is a connecting road between the core of the Gentbrugse Meersen and low-traffic roads on the edge of the area.

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10.0 km

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Bus stop

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