Nazareth-South nature reserve – Sion Bridge - Grote and Kleine Nete loop from Nijlen

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Nazareth-South nature reserve – Sion Bridge - Grote and Kleine Nete loop from Nijlen

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Nazareth-South nature reserve – Sion Bridge - Grote and Kleine Nete loop from Nijlen

01:24

24.0km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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4.75 km

Kesselse Heide information board

Highlight • Rest Area

Some orientation and explanation on an information board with, among others, "Het Goor", "het Hoogbos" and the "Hoge Heide" as parts of the Provincial Green Area Kesselse Heide.

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8.82 km

De Plek in Lier

Highlight • Monument

The Place
Herman de Coninck's poetry has been given a place here on a window on the street side.

A beautiful piece of poetry to pause for a moment.

The Place
You must not only, to reach the place,
get off at home, but also from ways of looking.
There is nothing to see, and you must see that
to leave everything with the very old.

There is here. there is time
to have left something behind the day after tomorrow.
You must take care of that today.
For mortality.

Herman de Coninck.

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9.51 km

Gatehouse of the Abbey of Nazareth

Highlight • Historical Site

The Cistercian abbey was founded in 1235 by Bartholomeus van Tienen. In 1247 the abbey moved to the present Nazaretdreef.
In 1797 the monastery was dissolved and the property was sold to the public. All monastic buildings were demolished, only the gatehouse and the barn remained. However, the barn was largely destroyed by fire.

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9.61 km

The Old Lier

Highlight • Restaurant

Lea Provo has made a difference for thousands of people in South India, Tamil Nadu. Inspired by Gandhi's ideas of non-violence, self-development, natural healing and manual labour, she realized two villages: Sevapur for the outcaste outcasts and Vinobajipuram for the repatriated Tamils from Sri Lanka.

The Sawes association from Wommelgem looks over the shoulders of the Indian NGO Inba Seva Sangam at the budgets and takes care of the contacts and administration of the sponsorships in about thirty villages in the vicinity of Sevapur and Vinobajipuram. The aim is to monitor the sustainable development of the people and the entire region.

Hiking trail in memory

Her son, Paul Provo, lived in the Moffenhoeven for years and his house was also the home of his mother. In the 1980s, the municipality accepted the sponsorship of Sevapur in South India. The Lea Provopad was built around Fort 2 to commemorate that.

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11.3 km

Confluence of the Grote Nete and the Kleine Nete

Highlight • River

The confluence of the Grote Nete and the Kleine Nete. As Felix Timmermans puts it: "where the three winding Nethen tie a silver knot". Downstream from Lier the river is simply called Nete or Beneden-Nete. At Rumst, this flows together with the Dijle to form the Rupel, which eventually flows into the Scheldt. On the Kleine Nete the tides are noticeable as far as Grobbendonk and on the Grote Nete up to Itegem.

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11.5 km

Sundial "MyLight"

Highlight • Monument

The MyLight monument of Lierenaar Ronald Mariën stands on "den tooth" on the Sion site. The Zimmertoren committee ensured that it also had the function of a sundial.

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11.5 km