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  • Provincial Domain Kemmelberg

    The purchase in 1995 of 21 hectares of woodland on the summit of the Kemmelberg (Mount Kemmel) marked the first step in the creation of a new provincial domain. In the following years, the...

  • Nature reserve Scherpenberg

    The landscape on the 125-metre high Scherpenberg hill consists of fontinal woods, wet spring meadows, sloping pasture, and dry arable land. This protected landscape is interspersed with hedgerows,...

  • Visitors Centre 'Het Heuvelland'

    Start your visit to Heuvelland in the child-friendly visitors' centre, where the landscape surrounding Mount Kemmel is explained. A wide selection of evocative images and tailor-made tourist...

  • Refugees Memorial Garden

    In the Hellegatstraat, some 300 metres from the church in Westouter, there is a memorial garden that commemorates the plight of refugees in the First World War and in other conflicts. It is a...

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  • VDB route

    VDB route - 76 km

    This 76 km trajectory is a tribute to the late Frank Vandenbroucke and follows his favourite training route through the rolling landscape of Heuvelland.

  • Cense de l' Alouette

    The name ‘Cense de l’Alouette’ appeared on the Ferraris maps of 1771. The ridge is part of the Tielt Formation, a dune mound that was formed around 50 million years ago. Lying in the shadow of the...

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    Cycle Route 'Gent-Wevelgem Challenge'

    The course of Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields conquers the main slopes of the cycling classic 'Gent-Wevelgem'. On the programme: 56 kilometres of suffering, 3 infamous plugstreets (semi-hardened...

  • Sports Cycling in Heuvelland

    In the otherwise flat landscape of the beautiful Westhoek, the hills of Heuvelland quite literally stand out. The Kemmelberg is perhaps the best known, but several others also offer a serious...

  • Visitors Centre 'Het Heuvelland'

    Start your visit to Heuvelland in the child-friendly visitors' centre, where the landscape surrounding Mount Kemmel is explained. A wide selection of evocative images and tailor-made tourist...

  • Kaart

    Heuvelland Map

    The Heuvelland map gives you an overview of our region and the roads to neighboring municipalities. It also shows all the main sites of interest, vineyards, hills, public woods, etc.

  • Het Stiltepad_kaart

    The Silence Path

    Do you want to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, to leave behind the non-stop flood of e-mails and text messages, to hit the pause button and just be yourself, even if only for a...

  • Vintage Heuvelland Fietsroute 37,7 km

    Heuvelland Vintage Cycling Route

    The Heuvelland Vintage Cycling Route takes you along ten wineries. Waymarks, in the shape of wine bottles, provide information about each place. The wine can be sampled at the wineries or in local...

  • Panoramaroute

    Panorama route 34 km

    Heuvelland! The land of hills… although we call them mountains: The Red Mountain, the Black Mountain, the Scherpenberg and Mount Kemmel. In the flat Flemish landscape close to the French border,...

  • Golfkar Westhoek

    Looking for a unique way to explore Heuvelland and its surroundings? Hire an electric golf cart with GPS and route book to enjoy beautiful views, nice spots and sights. The carts are whisper quiet,...

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    A stone's throw from Heuvelland

    Heuvelland is a perfect – and peaceful – base for exploring the wider Westhoek region and northern France. The Heuvelland map gives you an overview of our region and the roads to neighboring...

  • Cycling network map Westhoek

    We cycle between vineyards and tranquil, green spaces, between hills and picturesque villages, between traditional brown cafes and lively meeting places.De Heuvelland cycle route is both an...

  • Forgotten Traces

    The landscape, where past and present meet, is a silent witness to the events that occured. Cyclists can follow in the path of American troops during the First World War. Many of them were killed...

  • Frontmap Wars without End

    This map of the old front region - ‘Wars Without End’ - gives a summary of all the heritage sites in our landscape that are associated with the First World War, the Second World War and the Cold...

  • Scherpenberg nature reserve

    The landscape on the 125-metre high Scherpenberg hill consists of fontinal woods, wet spring meadows, sloping pasture, and dry arable land. This protected landscape is interspersed with hedgerows,...

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  • Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery

    Unesco World Heritage

    The French ossuary (mass grave) on Kemmel hill and the moving Spanbroekmolen and Lone Tree Cemeteries in Wijtschate: discover Heuvelland’s most recent UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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