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Belfry and Town Hall – Ramparts of the Brussels Forts loop from Dendermonde

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Belgium

Flanders

East Flanders

Belfry and Town Hall – Ramparts of the Brussels Forts loop from Dendermonde

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4.1

(11)

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Belfry and Town Hall – Ramparts of the Brussels Forts loop from Dendermonde

01:53

7.46km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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193 m

Whale Tail

Highlight • Monument

The Groene Dender is one of the gateways to the city. A 10 meter high whale tail, made from 10,000 PET bottles, attracts attention. The artwork refers to the whale from the Ros Beiaard ommegang, but also to the litter problem. (Tourism Dendermonde)

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947 m

Belfry and Town Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

The Belfry is home to several unique anecdotes from history. The first floor, for example, is the authentic treasury of Dendermonde. The old archive case of the city is kept here, containing all the crucial documents.

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1.01 km

Palace of Justice

Highlight • Monument

A nice moderate building with many level differences inside with accompanying stairs.

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1.69 km

Pump of the beguinage

Highlight • Monument

Place where the beguines shared all you knew...
Water was a source of life for humans and animals. Everyone knew the pump was on.
For example, the “pump” was the central point in the beguinage.
City facts and world news were shared here in the past.

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3.52 km

Ramparts of the Brussels Forts

Highlight • Lake

Originally, the Brussels Forts were part of the city walls on the edge of the city center. The impressive pond of 5 hectares exudes a tranquility that can charm many.

You can freely jog, cycle, walk, rest on a bench. This is nature at its best!

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4.02 km

The Sas Lock Complex, Dendermonde

Highlight • Monument

Schutsluis and weir lock, so-called "Oude Sas" on the Dender.

In 1667-1669 a lock with four new state water mills was erected on the Dender in the center of the city, to replace the locks and the destroyed mills of the Ooie-Nieuwburcht. The sluice with sludge played a role in the military defense of the city to flood the surrounding meadows. The new construction of the lock consisted of a central navigation channel between two brick lock walls covered with gray sandstone and equipped with pointed icebreakers, founded on a wooden floor and wooden foundation piles. The lock for inland vessels was closed with six wooden lock gates. On the lock walls stood five brick mill buildings, connected by a wooden footbridge, over the lock was a movable wooden footbridge. The mills were demolished in 1852-1853. The lock, modified in 1768 after the canalisation of the Dender between Aalst and Dendermonde, remained in use as a weir until November 15, 1978, when the Dender estuary was relocated. The old lock construction is now being restored. A new bicycle and pedestrian bridge, an iron swing bridge next to the lock is in use.

Lock with brick lock heads and gully walls, founded on piles and covered with natural stone. Two parallel elongated lock heads with pointed tip. Double wooden lock gates that were opened and closed via wooden capstans. The weir lock is operated by means of racks (toothed rods) driven by vertical winches.

During the restoration work on the lock, an old floor of oak beams was discovered at the bottom of the turning basin behind the weir lock, probably dating from the 17th century.

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