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Nen Nielse Oemweg Route

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Nen Nielse Oemweg Route

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Nen Nielse Oemweg Route

02:42

10.6km

30m

Hiking

You usually experience less on a direct route. By taking time for detours, or ‘nen Oemweg’ as they’re known in the local dialect, you’ll get to know the real Niel (the place, not the river).

The Nen Nielse Oemweg Route starts in the centre of this small town near Antwerp…

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Last updated: August 9, 2024

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Nationaal Park Scheldevallei

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1.37 km

Niels Broek

Highlight • Natural

As is well known, a fracture is not just a mathematical term or an injury, but also refers to swamp or moorland. Here in the Niels Broek you walk along …

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3.83 km

Legal graffiti walls

Highlight • Structure

Always fun to see if you like this art form

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4.75 km

Old Brickworks Chimney

Highlight • Monument

Such a high chimney. Just looking up makes me dizzy.

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5.22 km

Miraggio Pavilion

Highlight • Monument

Walk in and look out! In this pavilion, a so-called Gloriette, you will feel like you are in a fairy tale. It looks a bit rococo, but it was built …

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5.83 km

DZIA Chicken Mural

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Always nice to see color in your life path. At this location, a colorful bird provides a pleasant surprise during your passage.

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7.50 km

Nature House De Paardenstal

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In this building the horses used to be used to transport wagons made of clay and bricks. Now it is a meeting place for walkers. Here the workhorse is valued.

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9.58 km

Lientje's Bistro

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Good idea to turn the station into a bistro.

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10.5 km

Niel Town Hall

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In the front garden of the town hall you can see "Het Afdraagstertje", a work by the well-known Nieler sculptor Pierre Toebente, which commemorates child labor in the brickworks.

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10.6 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.76 km

2.73 km

1.39 km

635 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.90 km

3.01 km

1.68 km

642 m

281 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Sunday 12 July

29°C

15°C

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Comments

March 5, 2023,Niels ontdekkingstoertje

We made a deal among ourselves and decided to go out ♂️ 🚶 in Niel. First we passed Het Broek, with beautiful still lifes, to capture on the silver screen. On the dike we read several poems that all referred to the Rupel. During our trip we also saw many works of art. Always nice to notice this. We also …

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June 2, 2022

You usually experience less on a direct route. By taking time for detours, or ‘nen Oemweg’ as they’re known in the local dialect, you’ll get to know the real Niel (the place, not the river).
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The Nen Nielse Oemweg Route starts in the centre of this small town near Antwerp and routes past the green oases

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Nen Nielse Oemweg Route

Niels Broek

Legal graffiti walls

Old Brickworks Chimney

Miraggio Pavilion

DZIA Chicken Mural

Nature House De Paardenstal

Lientje's Bistro

Niel Town Hall

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