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Heiderbos Nature Reserve – Cycling through the Mechelse Heide loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

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Heiderbos Nature Reserve – Cycling through the Mechelse Heide loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

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Heiderbos Nature Reserve – Cycling through the Mechelse Heide loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

04:23

76.7km

180m

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 28, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Natuurdomein Klaverberg

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen

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7.61 km

Heiderbos Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

In 1970 the Heiderbos nature reserve was established to protect the largest remaining juniper population in Flanders. In addition to the conifers, there are also various types of heather, numerous breeding birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects.

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11.6 km

Former N730

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The former N730 is a former road that is now used as a cycle path. It is very wide and asphalted, making it suitable for everyone to ride on.

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23.0 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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23.9 km

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

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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29.9 km

As Bicycle Bridge

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Great way to cross a busy street.

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30.2 km

Station As

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Station As is a former railway station on lines 21A (Hasselt-As) and 21B (As-Eisden). The station building now houses a restaurant and the Kolenspoorvereniging (Coal Railway Association) uses it for the operation of the tourist railway line Waterschei-As-Eisden.

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30.4 km

Hoge Kempen lookout tower (As)

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Beautiful section where the bike path is a little narrower (by Belgian standards). You drive along the tracks of a narrow-gauge railway, at a memorial in honor of a crashed Lancaster and at a lookout tower.

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50.9 km

De Dorpermolen Watermill & Brasserie

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The Dorpermolen is a cozy location in a restored water mill along the A-beek. You can still see the mill running both inside and outside. Here you can sit quietly …

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75.1 km

Kolisbergen

Forest

76.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

33.5 km

28.6 km

9.71 km

4.29 km

687 m

Surfaces

42.6 km

32.8 km

529 m

488 m

373 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 17 July

23°C

14°C

12 %

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Heiderbos Nature Reserve – Cycling through the Mechelse Heide loop from WW2 Airfield Ophoven Y32 Bodenplatte

Heiderbos Nature Reserve

Former N730

Cycling through the Heath

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

As Bicycle Bridge

Station As

Hoge Kempen lookout tower (As)

De Dorpermolen Watermill & Brasserie

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