Around the Rodeberg

Pure nature.

Once you are out of the village you gradually start the climb to the Sulferberg. This is a complex of source forests. Along the way you will already be presented with some beautiful views. Via the Hellegatstraat you walk to the Hellegatbos, also called Kotje Piepersbos. The Kotje Piepersbos owes its name to the village figure Cyriel Vanuxem, better known as Kotje Piepers. After all, before you could enter the forest, you had to give him a 'pieper' or kiss. Like many other inhabitants of the region, Kotje Piepers and his wife Maria Lenoir were not very well off. To bring in a little money, Maria smuggled butter across the Schreve (border). She made pockets in her wide skirt in which she put packets of butter. In the summer, however, things sometimes went wrong when the butter began to melt: hence her nickname Marietje Beuterbille.

Out of the forest you stand on the Rodeberg. You pass the Lijstermolen and start a descent with a beautiful view of the landscape on your left. There is a nice picnic bench at the Gildestraat. You are now heading towards the beautiful Douve Valley, a stone's throw from France. You pass an old standard orchard at a farm. You climb through a varied landscape and are rewarded with a beautiful view. The next part takes you to the nature reserve Broekelzen. This area consists of a patchwork of forest and grassland. The Broekelzenbeek originates at the highest point in a spring forest that is colored in the spring by Wild hyacinth, Wood anemone and Dotterbloem. You walk back to Westouter through an open landscape of meadows and fields.

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Author: Trailexplorer

Walking enthusiast