Rood Klooster – Red Cloister Abbey loop from Basse-Wavre
Rood Klooster – Red Cloister Abbey loop from Basse-Wavre
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Rood Klooster – Red Cloister Abbey loop from Basse-Wavre
02:57
46.0km
440m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 18, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 24.1 km for 259 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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17.1 km
Rood Klooster
Highlight • Religious Site
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17.2 km
View of one of the Rouge-Cloître ponds
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18.1 km
Red Cloister Bridge
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Wonderful place. Perfect for a break or as a crossing point.
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18.4 km
Red hermitage and priory, Oudergem
Highlight • Religious Site
The priory was founded in 1367-1369 from a small vault[2] that existed since 1366. In 1368, Willem Daniëls, together with two colleagues, priests from the Brussels Saint Gudula chapter, started a vault just outside the city of Brussels. The name Roode Cluyse that was given to the wooden house was, according to some, derived from the color of the layer of crushed brick with which it was covered. A more scientific explanation for the name is its location in an open, cleared place in the forest (a 'ro' or 'rode'), such as at nearby Sint-Agatha-Rode, or Gruitrode, Herkenrode, Sint-Oedenrode, Rolduc and so on. A third (less likely) possibility is the meaning cross, compare the Old English red (from the Proto-Germanic rodo).[3] In Old English this was the only word for the Cross of Christ.
Priory
After living as hermits for six years, the Rule of Augustine was adopted in 1374 and the hermitage became a priory: Willem Daniëls became prior, fellow priests Godefried van den Lare and Henricus de Angulo became Augustine, Walter van der Molen became a lay brother. In the 15th century, the priory expanded considerably. The painter Hugo van der Goes lived and worked there during the last years of his life. He died there, insane, in 1482. Between 1635 and 1638 a new marble altar was made for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Poelkerk in Tienen.
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18.6 km
Red Cloister Abbey
Highlight • Religious Site
Tip by
22.5 km
Cycle path
Highlight • Cycleway
46.0 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
36.6 km
4.43 km
2.01 km
1.43 km
995 m
389 m
145 m
Surfaces
25.9 km
16.4 km
2.24 km
1.05 km
374 m
< 100 m
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Monday 24 August
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12°C
21 %
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