Pelgrimswandeling
12.2 km • Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
official route
4.6395 3 3.8/5
Addresse starting point (approximate)
Parking achter Mariahal, Spordel, 3270 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
signage
The route is fully signposted with nodes.
Description
From Scherpenheuvel to Zichem and back. Of course, you’ll first step inside the Basilica of Our Lady, whose dome is covered in lead and adorned with 298 seven-pointed gold stars. Next, you’ll walk along the railroad tracks of the “Boemelke,” the train that used to run between Scherpenheuvel and Zichem. The Witte Monument was erected in honor of the 100th edition of Ernest Claes’s book *De Witte*. Climb the Maagdentoren and admire the meandering Demer River.
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 by Werner LaeversA very nice varied walk. Highly recommended !!!
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 by werner knopStart and arrival is very beautiful, at the basilica of Scherpenheuvel. The outward route to Zichem was a bit disappointing ... Nice trails but you frown at the sight of houses in the middle of a forest. Would that be legal ? Well, we're in the region of Vandenbroucke, aren't we ? Once Zichem and the return is rather beautiful and inspiring.
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Monday, September 14, 2020 by Gerard GeijsbregtsWalk done on September 13 lots of nature and forest with possibility to drink something at node 283 at fishpond. Beautiful through Zichem with possibility to drink and eat something. At the end of the hike there is now a parking lot and you have to go until just before the canteen of a soccer club to get back to the Basilica.
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