Northeast Sugar Route through Vissenaken, Sint-Margriete-Houtem, Oplinter and Grimde

Description

You ride out of the city center on a former secondary Roman road. Soon you are biking over the Kopkensberg in Vissenaken. In sunny and clear weather, you could see as many as thirty church spires from here. At the military cemetery in Sint-Margriete-Houtem, 173 fallen Belgian soldiers were given a final resting place.

Via the Tiensveld you reach the Saint-Genovevakerk in Oplinter. A little further on you cycle past the abbey farm of the former monastery of Maagdendaal. In Grimde you can visit the Necropolis and cycle through the archaeological park "The three tumuli". On the way back you will come to the former Beguinage. From the ruins of the Paters Church, the city center is close by.

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