Hertboom Mill – Dender Towpath loop from Merode

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Hertboom Mill – Dender Towpath loop from Merode

Hard

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Hertboom Mill – Dender Towpath loop from Merode

06:13

99.6km

810m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very 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 15, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 8 m for 14 m

After 99.7 km for 14 m

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Start point

Train Station

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29.1 km

Hertboom Mill

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The deer tree mill is a standard mill with sails of 22 metres in diameter. In all probability, the mill was built around 1727 and the mill house around 1732. …

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42.5 km

Strange that this towpath along the Dender was not yet designated as a highlight in Komoot. This is (at least in my opinion...) one of the most beautiful bicycle lanes in the world. Highly recommended, really beautiful.

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45.4 km

Idegem Lock

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Manual lock with numerous traces of restoration in concrete, as a result of the dynamitation in 1940. Upstream adjacent to the lock: metal drawbridge from 1942.
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49.5 km

Dender

Lake

50.4 km

Boelare Chapel on the Dender River

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The barony of Boelare was one of the five large baronies of the Land of Aalst, and consisted of the actual barony, four parishes where the baron was village lord …

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54.4 km

Bosberg climb via Kapellestraat

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Once an icon in the Tour of Flanders, today an icon in the Omloop het Nieuwsblad.

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55.7 km

Bosberg

Peak

60.4 km

Congoberg Climb

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Congoberg is a climb in the Pajottenland region. It is 1.3 kilometers long and bridges 64 meters of elevation with an average gradient of 5%. The top of the climb is at 96 meters.

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61.1 km

De Ontvoering van Europa Sculpture

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The artwork "The Kidnapping of Europa" was installed on Congo Mountain in Vollezele in the summer of 2023. The artist, Koenraad Tinel, has lived in Vollezele for over 25 years …

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61.7 km

View from the Congoberg

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The stretch across the Congoberg is 1.2 kilometers long, with its highest point at 100 meters and an average gradient of 5.6 percent. On the left side you pass a strange statue. In the distance, the city of Brussels appears.

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