Gravel Track Near the Airport – St. Anthony's Chapel, Salphen loop from Zalfens Gebroekt

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Gravel Track Near the Airport – St. Anthony's Chapel, Salphen loop from Zalfens Gebroekt

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Gravel Track Near the Airport – St. Anthony's Chapel, Salphen loop from Zalfens Gebroekt

01:56

7.65km

10m

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Easy hike. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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105 m

Beautifully restored farmhouse

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This is a traditional Flemish or Northern French farm, recognizable by the red-brown brick building style, the saddle roof with red roof tiles and the typical decorative shutters with a …

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258 m

Gravel Track Near the Airport

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You can see small planes flying from time to time.

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836 m

Wayside Chapel with Bench

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Initially, the chapel was called the ‘Chapel of the Vossenbos’. After the heath was reclaimed in 1923 and the Vossenbos was cleared after 1945, a meadow and a new forest …

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3.60 km

St. Anthony's Chapel, Salphen

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This chapel dates back to 1626 and was founded when the plague raged through the region. People who died of the disease were not allowed to be buried in the …

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4.00 km

Old Farm of Salphen

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A beautiful old farm

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4.80 km

Salphensebaan Chapel

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The chapel owes its existence in May 1955 to the establishment of the NATO airfield.
The pious surveyor Housset, who carried out the measurements, had expressed the wish to erect …

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7.65 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.89 km

3.25 km

519 m

Surfaces

4.32 km

3.33 km

< 100 m

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Weather

Monday 2 November

11°C

4°C

19 %

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Comments

January 18, 2025,Zoersel/Malle

Not the prettiest, but the driest, between the farmers. Clearly "the outside" is overgrown.
Ps plagiarized walk @Jurgen For which thanks.

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August 26, 2021,Tuinwandeling

I have done this walk so many times that from now on I call it my garden walk. After all, the route almost feels like an extension of my own garden. And because I am a warm personality, I decided to greet all passers-by with the word 'welcome'. To the relief of my girlfriend - who forced me to a …

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December 29, 2022,Lusje Zoersel ~ Oostmalle

It's been a long time since I've taken this walk. When I still lived in Zoersel I considered this walk as my backyard, and at the end of the walk I also pass the house where I lived for 18 years until a year ago. The new residents have now decorated the house with Christmas lights, but otherwise it still …

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April 24, 2022,Lusje Zoersel ~ Oostmalle

If there are people on this route who would see a few bad thoughts lying on the roadside: leave them, I don't need them back.

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January 7, 2025,Zoersel

The first walk of the year, via a loop that I used to walk when I lived in Zoersel. Nostalgia.

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September 21, 2021,Huppelend plezier

I must admit that sometimes I am silently jealous of all those children playing, who run screaming and skipping through the street without any form of shame. Children really get away with the craziest tricks, purely because they are children.

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September 12, 2025,Visbeekpad vanuit Zoersel

Sunny morning, a bit windy... The first few kilometers of the walk were a bit disappointing, with little forest... but we passed many Marian chapels...

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