The best city hikes and walks in Brechtse Heide

The park is a feast for the senses. You can enjoy rare trees, wide, majestic avenues, open grasslands, and ponds. The restored orangery, orangery garden, and wrought-iron gates add to the park's charm. Park Vordenstein is an oasis of peace and tranquility, perfect for daydreaming! The walled orangery garden is well worth a visit.

The Scherpenbergmolen is a stone corn windmill, a mountain mill type, located on the northwest side of Antwerpsesteenweg (no. 378), on the corner of Tichelmanstraat. The name Scherpenbergmolen comes from the toponym Scherpenberg, while the vernacular referred to it as the "Stone Mill" (Stone Mill), because there was also a wooden mill in Westmalle. The mill was erected in 1843 by the brothers Joannes and Petrus Mullenbrück (Meulenbroeck) on their parents' property in the area of "De Jaentjes." The mill's construction site was designated as follows: "more than half an hour outside the customs line, 70 meters from the main Antwerp-Turnhout road and 45 meters from the local road Tichelmanstraat." Joannes and Petrus Mullenbrück were the sons of Christianus Mullenbrück, originally from Westphalia, Germany, who settled in the municipality of Westmalle in 1808 as a lime distiller. Joannes became a miller there, and his brother Petrus moved to Ossendrecht, the Netherlands, to also pursue the miller's trade.

Relax, swing and above all enjoy the moment

On this board you will find relevant and interesting information and a map with a legend.

You can park here for free. There's also a bicycle shed.

The Chapel of the Horst is a chapel on Horstebaan in the Antwerp town of Schoten. The chapel is owned by the de Pret Roose de Calesberg family, who have a burial vault within. It is a brick, oriented cross chapel. A roof turret is located on the crossing. A 19th-century gate on the choir side displays the family coat of arms with the motto "Pret à bien faire" ("ready to do good"), referring to the de Pret family.

Vordenstein Park is a park in Schoten, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The park is managed by the Agency for Nature and Forests according to the principles of Harmonious Park and Green Management. The park is owned by the Flemish Region. This castle park covers 110 hectares and features both English and French architectural styles. Most of the landscape dates from 1850. Around this time, a large number of rare tree species were also planted. Fallow deer, roe deer, and owls live on the estate.

Park Vordenstein is a park in Schoten, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The park is managed by the Agency for Nature and Forests according to the principles of Harmonious Park and Green Management. The park is owned by the Flemish Region. This castle park covers 110 hectares and features both English and French architectural styles. Most of the landscape dates from 1850. Around this time, a large number of rare tree species were also planted. Fallow deer, roe deer, and owls live on the estate.