Depart from Bierbeek
Bierbeek is rural municipality south-east of Leuven on the edge of Hageland, the Dijleland, Brabants Haspengouw and Meerdaalwoud. Bierbeek was founded in 1977 as a merger between the villages Bierbeek, Korbeek-Lo, Lovenjoel and Opvelp.
On the
domain itself there is footpath 93, starting point of various nature walks in
the area.
You
can also create your own walking routes via the website of
toerismevlaanderen.be.
Go to the Sint-Hilarius Church in the center of Bierbeek and from there you can
join the nearest walking route .
Nine
beautiful walks have been developed on the territory by the municipality:
- The Schavaaipad (5 km of 7,5 km) at Bierbeek
- The Walterpad (9,5 km of 10,5 km) at Bierbeek (komt langs de Ruisbroekmolen)
- The Sint-Kamilliuswandeling (9 km) at Korbeek-Lo
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The
Varenbergwandeling (7,8 km or 8,8 km) at Korbeek-Lo
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The
Driebekwandeling (7,5 km, 8,5 km or 10 km) at Lovenjoel
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The
Sint-Ermelindiswandeling (6,5 km) at Lovenjoel
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The
Merbeekwandeling (6,5 km) at Lovenjoel
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The
Hollewegentocht (5,5 km or 8,5 km) at Opvelp
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The
Vullenboswandeling (8,5 km)
Walks nr 1,
3, 6 and 8 are signposted with metal hexagonal signs indicating the number and
name of the walk. The other walks are signposted with orange poles indicating
the number of the walk.
In addition
to the walks in Bierbeek you can also do very nice walks in the Meerdaalwoud.
The Meerdaalwoud is one of the few places in Flanders that have always been
forested since the last ice age. Together with the Heverlee forest, this forest
domain is 2071 ha.
The green stop walk groene halte wandeling leaves in Bierbeek.
If you want to plan a walk yourself, you can download a map of Meerdaalwoud.
Drop and go
If you use
the accommodation on the property, we drop you for free at one of the locations
below from where you can walk back to the domain in Bierbeek. If you wish, we will
put together a walking route with you. Depending on the preference, the
distance of the walk is between 5 and 12 km, longer routes are also possible.
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