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Deux-Acren Lock and Weir – Geraardsbergen Market loop from Acren

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Deux-Acren Lock and Weir – Geraardsbergen Market loop from Acren

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Deux-Acren Lock and Weir – Geraardsbergen Market loop from Acren

06:55

110km

1,190m

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: May 29, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 66.6 km for 38 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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791 m

Drawbridge over the Dender

Highlight • Bridge

Here again a bank change of the "ravel". From Left Bank to Right Bank. Also the last catering industry along the Ravel! (towards Ath).
All roads lead to Rome, but this towpath certainly does. After all, the EV5 (Canterbury - Roma) runs here.

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1.21 km

Deux-Acren Lock and Weir

Highlight • Structure

Official name: Barrage des deux Acren (Deux-Acren Lock)

The Barrage des deux Acren is a lock complex on the Dender in Deux-Acren. The complex consists of a 2-meter-wide and 1200-meter-long dam and two new locks on the existing dam. The complex was designed to regulate the Dender and maintain shipping during the works. The architecture firm Canevas was involved in the construction of the complex.

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3.59 km

Cycle Path Along the Dender and the Bruggenthuis

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Beautiful bike path along the bank of the Dender to and from Geraardsbergen.

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7.67 km

Geraardsbergen Market

Highlight • Settlement

This square is home to both the St. Bartholomew's Church (19th century), renovated in neo-Gothic style, and the town hall with stepped gables and corner turrets. The statue of Manneken Pis against the town hall is said to be the oldest in Belgium (1455). In the building there is a small museum (in the tourist office) with his costumes. The Gothic fountain (1475) in front of the town hall bears the name Marbol.

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10.9 km

Bosberg climb via Kapellestraat

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

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

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12.2 km

Bosberg

Peak

18.6 km

Idegem Lock

Highlight • Structure

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.
inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten?typologie=sluizen&pagina=7

If you are lucky you will see the lock keeper operating the lock. How nostalgic in these times.

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22.7 km

Dender

Lake

23.6 km

Boelare Chapel on the Dender River

Highlight • Religious Site

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 (Aspelare, Deftinge, Nederhasselt and Schendelbeke) and 6 parishes where the baron held certain seigneurial rights ( Oombergen, Ophasselt, Outer, Parike, Sint-Lievens-Esse and Zandbergen).
The famous, rich and powerful family of barons of Boelare died out in the 13th century, due to a lack of male descendants. Hereditary daughter Aleidis van Boelare, mentioned from 1196 onwards, married three times: the first time with Philip of Harnes, constable of Flanders and viscount of Kassel, then with Gilles of Trazegnies, and finally with Raas van Gavere, lord of Chièvres. The pairship and the barony of Boelare passed to Michel (1205-1229) and Philippe de Harnes gezeid van Boelare, both sons from Aleidis's first marriage.

Philip's daughter Aleyde married Raas van Gavere, lord of Liedekerke, Breda and Aspelare, and brought him to Boelare. The domain subsequently came into the hands of the de Fosseux family when Jean de Fosseux married the heir daughter of Mathilde van Gavere and Nicolaas van Belle.

Their daughter Isabelle of Fosseux married Lodewijk van Reynghersvliet in the 14th century and brought the barony as a dowry. A century later, Aleana van Reynghersvliet took Gilles van Boekhoute, lord of Beverweerde, as her husband. Maria, the last Van Boekhoute, married to Hugo van Lannoy, died in 1563; her daughter Françoise also had a daughter Anna from her marriage to Maximilian van Buren, Count of Egmond. This became the first wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange-Nassau, as a result of which the latter acquired the barony.

The prince sold the barony in 1602 together with Schendelbeke to Francesco Bernardino de Cassina, from the Duchy of Milan. Maria de Cassina, the last descendant of this family, married Philip, Count of Murat in 1772, and brought with her the glory of Boelare. The Counts of Murat kept her until 1818, the year she was sold.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronie_Boelare

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42.5 km

Middenloop Zwalm ('Cycling for Trees'-bos)

Nature Reserve

67.1 km

Oudenaarde Market Square, the Town Hall and St. Walburga's Church

Highlight • Historical Site

The square is dominated by the impressive town hall, a masterpiece of Brabantine late Gothic built between 1526 and 1536. Around the square you will find beautiful historic buildings, cozy cafés and restaurants, and a vibrant atmosphere that forms the heart of the city. The square is also a place where events and markets are regularly held, such as the weekly market and special festivities such as the Adriaen Brouwer Beer Festival. It is a meeting place for both locals and visitors and offers beautiful views of the surrounding architecture, including the St. Walburga Church.

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78.9 km

Viewpoint

95.2 km

Middenloop Zwalm (deelgebied Rozenhoek)

Nature Reserve

110 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

45.8 km

38.2 km

25.2 km

655 m

387 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

76.8 km

27.9 km

5.21 km

261 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (110 m)

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Deux-Acren Lock and Weir – Geraardsbergen Market loop from Acren

Drawbridge over the Dender

Deux-Acren Lock and Weir

Cycle Path Along the Dender and the Bruggenthuis

Geraardsbergen Market

Bosberg climb via Kapellestraat

Idegem Lock

Boelare Chapel on the Dender River

Oudenaarde Market Square, the Town Hall and St. Walburga's Church

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