The Sower – Chapel of Our Lady, Comfort in Distress loop from Niel

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The Sower – Chapel of Our Lady, Comfort in Distress loop from Niel

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The Sower – Chapel of Our Lady, Comfort in Distress loop from Niel

02:58

11.8km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 27, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 224 m for 224 m

After 11.3 km for 224 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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503 m

Observation Hide

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Ideal cabin in bad weather. Beautiful viewing holes to admire the fauna and flora in peace.

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3.28 km

Huveneersheuvel – A place with a story

Highlight • Historical Site

At this place you can rest and relax for a while.

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3.66 km

The Sower

Highlight • Monument

Sculpture by Jan Mees. Unveiled on 29 June 2002 on the occasion of 100 years of the Landelijke Gilde Hingene-Wintam-Eikevliet (1901-2001).

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3.68 km

Chapel of Our Lady, Comfort in Distress

Highlight • Religious Site

The neo-Gothic chapel is a brick building with natural stone, on a rectangular plan under a slate tent roof. The chapel has a lower, five-sided, projecting choir and is preceded …

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5.87 km

d'Ursel Provincial Park

Highlight • Castle

Around the castle lies a domain that, together with the Hingenebroekpolder and Schellandpolder, once measured around 300 hectares. The park around the castle is around 40 hectares and is connected …

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6.32 km

At the Old Gate

Highlight • Pub

Here a person can quench his thirst

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9.48 km

Wonderful to stay here with a view of Scaldis and Rupelmonde.
The Groenendijk in Wintam is the reference in Klein-Brabant when it comes to authentic dishes: meat, fish, eel and game. Grandmother's delicious cuisine takes you back to the past.

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9.60 km

View of the Church of Rupelmonde

Highlight • Viewpoint

From this location on the Scheldedijk you have a beautiful view of the skyline of Rupelmonde.

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11.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.99 km

3.14 km

705 m

321 m

317 m

235 m

Surfaces

4.34 km

2.22 km

1.76 km

1.62 km

1.01 km

369 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

18°C

9°C

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Comments

September 8, 2024,Kapel O.L.Vrouw Troost in Nood – Kaste d'Ursel rondtocht vanuit Wintam

Nice walk, just a shame that you can't get a drink along the way

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May 19, 2023,In d'Oude Poort – Kasteel d'Ursel Rondje vanuit Hingene

🎥 Walk at Kasteel d'Ursel | 10 km nature, peace & gratitude | Hingene 🌞🏰

📅 Date: May 19, 2023
📍 Route: In d'Oude Poort - Kasteel d'Ursel (Round trip from Hingene)
📏 Distance: 10 km
🌤️ Weather: Bright - perfect to seek out the silence and enjoy the now

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March 20, 2024,In het land van stille waters Hingene / Wintam

Today I started at the beautiful castle d'Ursel in the Hingene district of Bornem. After walking through the park, I continued my way to the Scheldt dike.
I saw deer, pheasants and rabbits passing along the way.
When you arrive on the northern island in Wintam, you enter a different world where you can relax in the nature reserve between …

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February 8, 2022,Tussen Hingene en de Schelde

Started at the establishment In d'Oude Poort. Parking space along the street nearby. Peaceful walk through hiking nodes. We followed the route 12 - 8 - 11 - 10 - 15 - 19 -16 - 14 - 12 and discovered some beautiful spots. Interesting. Almost 1/3 unpaved.

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