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Zwin Route

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Zwin Route

Moderate

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(189)

1,174

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Zwin Route

03:03

12.1km

20m

Hiking

The walking route through the Zwin, the oldest nature reserve in the Knokke-Heist region of Flanders, will surprise you with an incredible variety of landscapes and habitats containing rare and endemic fauna and flora. Old sea dykes bear witness to the struggle against the waves but it’s precisely because they…

by VISITFLANDERS

Last updated: August 9, 2024

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Start point

Bus stop

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82 m

Zwin hiking route

Highlight • Trail

The Zwin is a protected nature reserve, a true paradise for fauna and flora.

Before you start your adventure, take a look at the exhibition space.
Your Zwin experience starts …

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851 m

Kleyne Vlakte

Highlight • Natural

For many years, the Kleyne Vlakte, or "little plain", was overgrown and its true magic was hidden under small forests of bushes and trees. Only careful renaturation restored the original …

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6.04 km

Koningsbos

Highlight • Forest

In the Koningsbos you walk on winding sandy paths through mixed forest. The plants and trees grow here on dune soil. Although there are deciduous trees in the forest, the majority of the vegetation consists of pine trees.

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7.87 km

Zwin Dunes and Polders

Highlight • Natural

With an area of 222 hectares, this approximately 200-year-old dune area forms a natural transition between sea, beach and polder.

Until the end of the 19th century, these dunes, forests, …

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10.4 km

Hospitality (Leaping Hare Sculpture by Barry Flanagan)

Highlight • Monument

The hopping hare that you can find in the dunes at the end of the sea wall of Knokke is a bronze sculpture by Barry Flanagan. Although the official name …

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11.7 km

Four stone pillars

Highlight • Monument

Knokke-Heist is a real art city. On every corner you will find works made of stone, steel or synthetic resin, also here in the middle of nature. The four colossal …

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12.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.62 km

2.96 km

1.71 km

1.60 km

1.23 km

Surfaces

3.97 km

3.50 km

1.68 km

1.62 km

1.06 km

291 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 10 May

12°C

8°C

58 %

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Comments

August 24, 2021

The walking route through the Zwin, the oldest nature reserve in the  Knokke-Heist region of Flanders, will surprise you with an incredible variety of landscapes and habitats containing rare and endemic fauna and flora. Old sea dykes bear witness to the struggle against the waves but it’s precisely because

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