Mesurekreek – Vrouwkenshoekkreek loop from Boekhoute
Mesurekreek – Vrouwkenshoekkreek loop from Boekhoute
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Mesurekreek – Vrouwkenshoekkreek loop from Boekhoute
03:03
53.0km
50m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 8, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.75 km
Dodendraad Artwork Boekhoute
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It shows an abstract representation of the thread, with a line running through the landscape illuminated by points of light. The reflective strip in the ground symbolizes the electricity wires, while the white rings on the posts refer to the porcelain insulators.
This work of art cuts, as it were, through the landscape and creates a dividing line. Although today we can walk freely from one side to the other, this was not always the case. The artwork emphasizes the power and impact of boundaries between areas, cultures, population groups, and so on.
Although the border is still present, it is now experienced in a completely different way.
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10.7 km
Boundary Marker 328 Waterland
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18.4 km
Boerekreek
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20.0 km
Mesurekreek
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22.7 km
Hollandersgatkreek
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The history of this region around the 12 ha large creek was mainly written by the seawater that at unfavourable times penetrated deep inland along gullies and peat pits and flooded villages and fields.
The creek is a true paradise for waterfowl, cyclists, anglers and hikers.
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22.9 km
Blok Creek
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The most eastern part of the Blokkreek is of particular importance, which is partly on land, but which also contains a swamp area called Den Draaiput, which is rich in special plant and animal species.
In the north, the Blokkreek is connected to the Hollandersgatkreek and in the south with the Vrouwkenshoekkreek, which is again called Blokkreek on Dutch territory.
Remarkable are the almost right-angle bends in the creek system, possibly the result of the fact that the creek developed along man-made structures (roads, dike remnants) when it originated.
The area is European protected as part of Natura 2000 area 'Polders'.
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24.5 km
Vrouwkenshoekkreek
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The neighboring Leopold Canal had been widened and deepened and the mound of earth that arose in the process was tipped into the Vrouwkenshoekkreek. Not a good idea. Fortunately, it was returned to its original beauty and renatured.
Hundreds of water birds, especially the Marsh Harrier, visit the wonderfully flat brook area, especially in autumn. But also at all other times of the year you will be impressed by the vastness and the dancing sunlight on the flat polders.
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24.8 km
Blokkreek
Lake
25.9 km
Leopoldkanaal
Lake
31.5 km
Celie Bridge - Schipdonk Canal
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Celie is an old district on the Lieve in Adegem and Sint-Laureins, already mentioned in the 14th century.
Historical explanation:
The Schipdonk Canal or the Leie Diversion Canal was dug in the bed of the Lieve. The canal connected the Leie in Deinze with the North Sea in Zeebrugge. As a diversion canal, the canal was mainly intended to limit flooding, but the canal also played an important role as a new trade route between Deinze and Bruges. A first section, from the Leie in Deinze to the Brugse Vaart in Schipdonk in Merendree, was already dug in 1847-49. From Stoktevijver in Zomergem to Maldegem, part of the Leie Diversion Canal was dug in the bed of the Lieve in the period 1854-60. From Maldegem, the canal was dug further parallel to the Leopold Canal to Heist. When the canal was constructed, the old buildings around the Celie Bridge over the Lieve also disappeared. The current Celie Bridge over the Schipdonk Canal is an iron drawbridge, rebuilt after the destruction of the Second World War, according to a design by the Ministry of Public Works from 1947.
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38.0 km
Veldenbos
Forest
39.6 km
Waaiakkers
Forest
53.0 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
41.2 km
6.96 km
3.92 km
981 m
Surfaces
30.1 km
21.3 km
1.02 km
524 m
119 m
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