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De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve – Doode Bemde boardwalk loop from Oud-Heverlee

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De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve – Doode Bemde boardwalk loop from Oud-Heverlee

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De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve – Doode Bemde boardwalk loop from Oud-Heverlee

02:46

10.8km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Doode Bemde

Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.43 km

Birdwatching Hide Grote Bron - De Doode Bemde

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Be sure to enter the Grote Bron viewing hut for a beautiful view of the Langerodevijver.

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2.65 km

Information board — De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

Highlight • Rest Area

Be sure to read it before you enter this beautiful nature reserve. It contains interesting information.

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3.51 km

De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

Contrary to what its name suggests, this humid nature reserve in the Dyle Valley is buzzing with life. Can you find the traces of beavers who shape the area like real landscape architects? Or will you spot a kingfisher, great egret or kestrel from the bird watching huts? Where does that strange name come from? Well, 'Doode' points to the fact that the land cannot be cultivated by farmers. And 'bemde' stands for 'moist grassland'. So we are now putting on our boots for a brisk walk in the 'unusable grasslands' of the Dyle Valley.

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3.77 km

Pond

Highlight • Lake

There is a spot at the end of the pond where you have a good view, so no need to go to breakneck speed. Before you get there there is a canal in front with shrubs / thickets behind it. The yellow iris blooms in the canal and on the banks the frogs jump en masse in front of you into the water at this time of year (and with a bit of luck one will look at you for a snapshot).

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3.98 km

Doode Bemde boardwalk

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

In the spring you will find quite a few interesting flowers and plants here. You can now certainly see yellow iris up close, but also, for example, the large rattle and plants typical of this type of landscape.

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5.21 km

Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

The Doode Bemde is a nature reserve of almost 300 hectares. It is located on both sides of the Dyle on the territory of Oud-Heverlee, Sint-Joris-Weert, Neerijse (Huldenberg) and Korbeek-Dijle (Bertem). The Dyle still has its original meanders here and can regularly overflow its banks. This ensures a wide variety of biotopes. It is the largest private nature reserve in Flemish Brabant. The name of the nature reserve can be easily explained. 'Dead' refers to the unsuitability of the land for farmers. A 'Bemde' is a moist grassland. Info and source: Friends of Heverleebos and Meerdaalwoud vhm.be/doode-bemde

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8.39 km

Meandering Dijle River in the Doode Bemde nature reserve

Highlight • River

quiet walk over fields and statues through forests. only a few 100m footpath, all the rest hiking trails

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8.64 km

Dijle River in the Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

Highlight • River

From here the path from the nature reserve of the Doode Beemden runs south for a long way along the meandering Dyle with some really nice stretches. The Dijle is actually also the core of the Doode Beemden. The river rises in Houtain-le-Val in Walloon Brabant. Here, south of Leuven, the Ijse flows into it, but the Thyle, Train, Nethen and Laan also do so before the Dijle reaches Leuven.

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10.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.03 km

4.42 km

1.05 km

178 m

149 m

Surfaces

8.03 km

852 m

842 m

618 m

484 m

Elevation

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Saturday 27 June

28°C

19°C

59 %

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De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve – Doode Bemde boardwalk loop from Oud-Heverlee

Birdwatching Hide Grote Bron - De Doode Bemde

Information board — De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

De Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

Pond

Doode Bemde boardwalk

Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

Meandering Dijle River in the Doode Bemde nature reserve

Dijle River in the Doode Bemde Nature Reserve

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