Ring dike – Meandering Old Scheldt loop from Scheldt
Ring dike – Meandering Old Scheldt loop from Scheldt
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Ring dike – Meandering Old Scheldt loop from Scheldt
01:36
6.28km
10m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 21, 2026
This route includes a ferry crossing
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Includes ferry crossings
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After 702 m for 39 m
After 5.55 km for 39 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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664 m
Café Den Aard
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The café is named after the district of Aard in the municipality of Wichelen, in which you are located. Alternatively, you could also visit Cafés Scheldebries. From both locations you look out over the Meersen and landscape artist Will Beckers' work Voyager, a metal and wood installation in the shape of a heart.
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1.80 km
Salicetum
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To do this, he has intertwined around a thousand living willow branches: an ode to the willow, which has been associated with the region for centuries. The artwork becomes more and more impressive as it ages.
He also created the heart-shaped sculpture in the small square in Aard.
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1.83 km
View of Schellebelle Church
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1.85 km
Ring dike
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Such a controlled flood area has been part of the Kalkense Meersen with a new, impressive ring dike since 2015.
Weekend houses, fields and loose wooded areas gave way to an open lake landscape and a large wooded area. The icing on the cake is the beautiful view from the ring dike.
The area inside the ring dike is estimated to be flooded once every 50 years to intercept the waters of the Scheldt.
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2.30 km
Kalkense Meadows
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3.30 km
Meandering Old Scheldt
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3.32 km
Natuurpunt viewing platform at Blokstraat and the Oude Schelde
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(Scheldt Valley National Park)
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5.37 km
’t Meersenhof Farm
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Nevertheless, there are still farm animals such as the eponymous Galloway cattle. They keep the grass on the dike short and trample the earth. Without them, the Sigmaplan would not work at all, they are important landscape architects, so to speak.
In the winter, the fluffy Galloway cattle come here to this farm to hibernate.
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6.28 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.31 km
2.10 km
438 m
272 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
1.43 km
1.22 km
1.10 km
996 m
887 m
287 m
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