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Bels Lijntje – Bels Lijntje loop from Turnhout
02:29
63.4km
70m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 28, 2026
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Natuurreservaat Turnhouts Vennengebied
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.56 km
Bels Lijntje to Turnhout
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6.57 km
Bels Lijntje
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9.27 km
Bels Lijntje cycle path between Baarle and Turnhout
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15.6 km
Alpe d'Baol (N639)
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22.0 km
Bels Lijntje
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NB! Cyclists on this cycle path do not have priority everywhere!
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22.3 km
De Kiek Decoy Airfield
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The mock airport of WWII quickly gives you a realistic picture of how it must have been here many years ago.
The command bunker can also be viewed here.
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36.3 km
Bels Lijntje Cycle Path Between Tilburg and Baarle
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49.6 km
Bels Lijntje Cycle Path
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The Bels Lijntje was a railway line between Tilburg and Turnhout and this route formed the Dutch part of Railway line 29. Since 1990, the Bels Lijntje has been a cycle path.
Until 1865, the entire area between Turnhout and Baarle-Nassau was dominated by vast heathlands. In that year, construction of the railway line between Turnhout and Tilburg was started and the Weelde-Merksplas station (south of the Steenweg op Zondereigen) was built. The railway line was constructed and operated by the "Grand Central Belge", which is why the railway line was popularly called the "Bels lijntje" in the (North Brabant) vernacular.
In 2009, a lookout tower was placed at the Kleine Klotteraard-Oost fen. This tower, 13 meters high, was built as part of the Nature Development Project Turnhouts Vennengebied-West, in a collaboration between the Agency for Nature and Forests and the Flemish Land Agency. In 2013, reports appeared in the media that Dutch and Belgian municipalities were discussing the possibility of widening the Bels Lijntje, because the cycle path was said to be too narrow for oncoming groups of cyclists.
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63.4 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
60.1 km
1.57 km
1.42 km
155 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
54.8 km
4.64 km
3.74 km
< 100 m
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