Charles V route
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49.1 km • Westerlo
1.6650 11 2.7/5
route offered by
Toerisme Provincie Antwerpen
Addresse starting point (approximate)
Dorpsplein 1, 2250 Olen
signage
The route is fully signposted with nodes.
Description
The Charles Quint Route guides you through the three parishes of Olen and several neighboring municipalities. Olen and Charles Quint are inseparable. The legend of the pot of Olen took care of that. An Olen innkeeper successively presented the emperor with a pitcher of beer with one, two and three ears. The three-pot fountain on Olen's Market Square illustrates this immortal story. If you find the basic route too long, you have the option of cycling the 34 km northern loop or the 25 km southern loop. After your trip you can sample a regional beer, just like Emperor Charles five centuries ago, in one of the atmospheric pubs.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021 by Lieve Willemshalokes, really enjoyed this route nice quiet varied roads . Along kp 66 you can quietly eat your sandwiches in a cafe. At the end a nice ice cream from the farm . top ride even easy with a regular bike . Do men !!!!!! daaaag
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 by jos luytenWe wanted to ride the Charles Quint route today...we did it 3 years ago and we thought it was a very beautiful route...we wanted to start in Tongerlo (the shortest route for us) at the abbey...but unfortunately there were no more pictures...then we took a plaque from the 'heroes and saints' route and that is also recommended...a very beautiful route...I found it a pity
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Monday, April 1, 2019 by L.S.Beautiful route along quiet roads.
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Saturday, July 14, 2018 by Vlaanderen FietslandThis route is back up to date since July 2018. Throughout Flanders, themed routes are increasingly grafted onto the bicycle network. The signage of this route via nodes is back up to date since July 2018.
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Monday, June 4, 2018 by L.V.REAL SHAME 80 KM WITH CAR DRIVEN TO STARTING POINT THERE ARRIVED NO SIGNS TO FIND EMPEROR CHARLES ROUTE WHY IS THAT NOWHERE MENTIONED NICE PUBLICITY FOR OLEN
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 by L.P.the route has no signage of keizer karel .
in olen we went to inform after 20 km searching behind the hexagonal signs and in olen we got from a friendly landlady a leaflet with the route Emperor Karel in : to follow via junctions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so our counter was almost 80 km! instead of 55km
thank you internet for the FOUND display and it is not only your site hear.
hopefully you adjust this so people can have a nice stress-free bike ride;
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Monday, September 25, 2017 by K.G.If you follow the route clockwise there are no problems with the signposts. Only in Westerlo did we have to do some searching. As the gpx indicates, the route is just over 55 km. Nice route.
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Monday, August 14, 2017 by C.D.very poorly signposted
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017 by C.M.Done today but odometer was at 60 km.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016 by B.R.This is a beautiful route in a bike-friendly region. You don't encounter many major roads (just be careful in Olen center). What is true is that you have to cross many unpaved roads. A flat tire is certainly not out of the question. For real cycling enthusiasts, it is probably much too flat, but this can hardly be otherwise in a flat region like the Kempen.
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Friday, July 29, 2016 by G.V.If, like me last week, you want to ride this route on a racing bike, you still face unpleasant surprises: you also get about five kilometers of unpaved roads under your wheels, including through the park De Beeltjens in Westerlo. All quite beautiful and also for the rest the course offers many quiet cycling roads and a lot of variety. In short, recommended for a solid bike ride with a city bike, but not with a race bike.
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