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Knokke-Heist

The Zwin Nature Reserve – Zwin Dunes and Polders loop from Tobruk (Zwinduinen en -polders)

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Belgium
Flanders
West Flanders
Bruges
Knokke-Heist

The Zwin Nature Reserve – Zwin Dunes and Polders loop from Tobruk (Zwinduinen en -polders)

Moderate

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The Zwin Nature Reserve – Zwin Dunes and Polders loop from Tobruk (Zwinduinen en -polders)

02:16

8.95km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 1, 2026

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Bus stop

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1

80 m

Zwin hiking route

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The Zwin is a protected nature reserve, a true paradise for fauna and flora.

Before you start your adventure, take a look at the exhibition space.
Your Zwin experience starts …

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834 m

Forest-Rich Hiking Trail

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Beautiful shady path

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3

1.75 km

The hopping hare that you can find in the dunes at the end of the sea wall of Knokke is a bronze sculpture by Barry Flanagan. Although the official name …

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1.80 km

The Zwin Nature Reserve

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In 2019 the new cycling and walking path of the "Zwin" nature reserve between Cadzand-Bad and Knokke-Heist was officially opened.

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1.82 km

Yourcenar Trail

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The name of this path refers to the writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Her internationally known novel (The Hermetic Black) is partly set in the dunes near the Zwin. Until the end …

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3.30 km

Keunepad

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On this route you can choose the hare path or just hop after the rabbits. This is a nice connecting path between the dunes and the Zenopad, inland.
Enjoy it.

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4.14 km

Zwin Dunes and Polders

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With an area of 222 hectares, this approximately 200-year-old dune area forms a natural transition between sea, beach and polder.

Until the end of the 19th century, these dunes, forests, …

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4.74 km

Groenpleinduinen

Forest

9

8.10 km

Kleyne Vlakte

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For many years, the Kleyne Vlakte, or "little plain", was overgrown and its true magic was hidden under small forests of bushes and trees. Only careful renaturation restored the original …

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8.95 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.14 km

2.33 km

1.17 km

316 m

Surfaces

3.60 km

2.43 km

1.73 km

1.14 km

< 100 m

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Monday 18 May

16°C

9°C

93 %

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