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Along the Damme Canal – Damse Vaart Canal loop from Brugge

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Along the Damme Canal – Damse Vaart Canal loop from Brugge

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Along the Damme Canal – Damse Vaart Canal loop from Brugge

03:03

52.0km

60m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. 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: May 6, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 4.02 km for 13 m

After 47.8 km for 13 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.53 km

Along the Damme Canal

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

An avenue of tall trees adorns the waterway and bike path. A great backdrop for relaxed cycling right on the water.

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8.61 km

View of the Schellemolen Damme

Highlight • Monument

10.9 km

Damse Vaart Canal

Highlight • River

From here you will have a perfect point of view to photograph the superb Damme Canal bordered by its tall poplars which are reflected in the water.

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11.7 km

View of the Damse Vaart Canal

Highlight • River

Beautiful cycle path along the canal.

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14.4 km

The Damse Vaart is a unique landscape. Famous for its stately rows of poplars that lean magically here and there.
More than 200 years ago, Napoleon gave the impetus to thoroughly change the then canal landscape into what we now know as the Damse Vaart.

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18.9 km

Zwinnevaart

Lake

27.9 km

Damse Vaart Canal

Highlight (Segment) • River

A scenic, tree-lined, canal-side, flat, shared use path runs along the Damme Canal and links the village of Damme with the Leopold and Schipdonk Canals to the east. Keep going if you want to reach the Netherlands.

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30.4 km

Romboutswerve

Nature Reserve

31.9 km

Verbrand Fort

Nature Reserve

38.9 km

Schipdonk Canal Tree-Lined Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Surrounded by huge trees, it follows the smooth asphalt along the canal - a unique experience.

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44.9 km

Damme Canal Path

Highlight • Cycleway

The cycle path here is very narrow, it is better to cycle on the other side.

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48.5 km

Handelsdok

Lake

52.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.1 km

18.5 km

2.52 km

411 m

238 m

108 m

103 m

Surfaces

30.4 km

14.7 km

3.10 km

1.96 km

1.66 km

122 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 11 May

14°C

6°C

25 %

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Along the Damme Canal – Damse Vaart Canal loop from Brugge

Along the Damme Canal

View of the Schellemolen Damme

Damse Vaart Canal

View of the Damse Vaart Canal

Damse Vaart Canal

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