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Veldenbos – The Schipdonk Canal loop from Sint-Jan-in-Eremo

Veldenbos – The Schipdonk Canal loop from Sint-Jan-in-Eremo

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Veldenbos – The Schipdonk Canal loop from Sint-Jan-in-Eremo

02:12

49.5km

60m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

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13.8 km

Town hall and church of Kaprijke

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17.9 km

Waaiakkers

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18.5 km

Veldenbos

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Quiet, in full nature. paved roads

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24.4 km

Celie Bridge - Schipdonk Canal

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The Celie Bridge enables the connection between Maldegem and Celie - Sint-Laureins.
Celie is an old district on the Lieve in Adegem and Sint-Laureins, already mentioned in the 14th century.

Historical explanation:
The Schipdonk Canal or the Leie Diversion Canal was dug in the bed of the Lieve. The canal connected the Leie in Deinze with the North Sea in Zeebrugge. As a diversion canal, the canal was mainly intended to limit flooding, but the canal also played an important role as a new trade route between Deinze and Bruges. A first section, from the Leie in Deinze to the Brugse Vaart in Schipdonk in Merendree, was already dug in 1847-49. From Stoktevijver in Zomergem to Maldegem, part of the Leie Diversion Canal was dug in the bed of the Lieve in the period 1854-60. From Maldegem, the canal was dug further parallel to the Leopold Canal to Heist. When the canal was constructed, the old buildings around the Celie Bridge over the Lieve also disappeared. The current Celie Bridge over the Schipdonk Canal is an iron drawbridge, rebuilt after the destruction of the Second World War, according to a design by the Ministry of Public Works from 1947.

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25.2 km

The Schipdonk Canal

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The Schipdonk Canal meanders for 56 kilometers from Deinze to Heist, where it flows into the North Sea. The canal serves as both an economic and a natural connection, forming the dividing line between the Meetjesland region, the Leie region, and the sea. The canal's construction in the nineteenth century was one of the first major infrastructure projects in the young Belgium. The canal played a strategic role during both the First and Second World Wars, serving as a key component of the military defenses. Today, it's especially enjoyable (and sometimes challenging) cycling!

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30.4 km

World War II Liberation Memorial Eede

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When the Germans left Eede (September 1944) they destroyed a large part of the historical village of Eede to have a clear field of fire, during the liberation by the Canadians the rest of the village was almost flattened by bombing. 90% of the houses in the village of Eede were lost this way and after the 2nd WW the village was rebuilt.

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36.7 km

Aardenburg City Gate

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