Tongerlo Abbey – Retie Watermill loop from Testelt

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Tongerlo Abbey – Retie Watermill loop from Testelt

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5.0

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Tongerlo Abbey – Retie Watermill loop from Testelt

07:59

142km

270m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Natuurreservaat Turnhouts Vennengebied

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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12.4 km

Tongerlo Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

One of the 3 abbeys of the Norbertines in the region: Tongerlo, Averbode and Postel.

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18.2 km

Teunenberg

Forest

45.1 km

Grotenhoutbos

Forest

57.0 km

Gravel road in the Turnhouts Vennengebied Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Beautiful - real - gravel strip between Turnhout and Merksplas in the Turnhouts Vennen area. The Vennengebied is a nature reserve located about five kilometers north of the center of Turnhout.

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58.7 km

Marckstraat — gravel road with views of the Turnhout Marshes

Highlight • Cycleway

Fantastic (rust-colored) gravel strip with a view of the Turnhouts Vennen area. Photogenic desolate tree. It is part of the Strada Campina, the gravel ride that combines the best of the Kempen.

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90.2 km

Retie Watermill

Highlight • Monument

There is a picturesque, milling grain water mill on the Witte Nete. Although the oldest mention dates back to 1633, this mill site may have existed as early as the …

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92.7 km

Prinsenpark

Nature Reserve

96.3 km

Congovaart

Lake

120 km

Fish ladder on the Grote Nete

Highlight • Structure

The sound of it is also a caress in the ear...

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121 km

Ponds along the Nete

Highlight • Lake

Nice long stretch towards the Albert Canal.

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123 km

Along the Grote Nete

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Beautiful road along the Nete

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138 km

Colorful new cycle path to Averbode Abbey

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

It looks like the athletics track...

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142 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

62.8 km

29.6 km

23.1 km

22.3 km

4.60 km

181 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

37.7 km

33.3 km

32.5 km

30.6 km

8.31 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

22°C

13°C

59 %

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Tongerlo Abbey – Retie Watermill loop from Testelt

Tongerlo Abbey

Gravel road in the Turnhouts Vennengebied Nature Reserve

Marckstraat — gravel road with views of the Turnhout Marshes

Retie Watermill

Fish ladder on the Grote Nete

Ponds along the Nete

Along the Grote Nete

Colorful new cycle path to Averbode Abbey

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