CYCLING ROUTE · NORTH BRABANT
Cycling Route Brabantse Wal and Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide
Cycle through a cultural and historic border landscape filled with open panoramic views, ancient polders, vast forests, blooming heathlands, drifting sand dunes and shimmering fens.
The Landscape
The Brabantse Wal is a surprisingly green elevated landscape that begins just south of Bergen op Zoom and continues as a natural ridge towards Belgium. Dry sandy soils, quiet forests and heathlands alternate with wet polders, winding creeks and wide open views. The most distinctive feature is the escarpment, where higher sandy ground suddenly gives way to low marine clay.
South of the Brabantse Wal lies Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide, a vast nature reserve of around 6,000 hectares stretching across the Dutch Belgian border. Open heathlands, pine forests, drifting sand dunes and numerous fens create a remarkably spacious landscape. Along the route, traces of the region's history, including bunkers, forts and former defensive lines, remain quietly embedded in the landscape.
What You'll Discover Along the Way
Forests and Heaths
Sheltered coniferous forests open onto heathlands and sandy drift zones, while Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide offers wide paths, long sightlines and quiet fens.
Estates and Heritage
Tree-lined avenues, historic routes and traces of border history reflect the centuries of land reclamation and settlement around Ossendrecht and Woensdrecht.
Polders and Farmlands
Expansive marine clay polders with canals, dikes and long fields create a striking contrast with the enclosed sandy landscapes higher on the Brabantse Wal.
Hills and Valleys
The Brabantse Wal escarpment creates unexpected elevation changes, with dry forested ridges above and wet lowlands and open polder plains below.
Virtual Cycling Through the Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide and the Brabantse Wal
Virtually cycle through forests, heathlands, drifting sand dunes and shimmering fens in Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide. Experience the open border landscape and the striking elevation changes of the Brabantse Wal, right from home.
Experience the route from home with virtual cycling.
Route Map and Cycling Junctions
Start and finish near cycling junction 84 at the Plantagebaan in Wouwse Plantage. Because this is a circular route, you can also start at one of the other cycling junctions along the route.
Route Details
Along the way: several options for a coffee break or lunch.
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