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The Round Well Route

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The Round Well Route

02:40

10.5km

20m

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De Ronde Put, meaning ‘round well’ or ‘round pit’, is a nature reserve boasting over 408 ac of unspoilt nature on the border between the towns of Mol and Retie.

It’s one of the few remaining untouched nature reserves in the Kempen region and is of significant importance from an…

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Last updated: August 9, 2024

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5.70 km

Ronde Put Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

De Ronde Put is a 169-hectare and very valuable nature reserve in Postel with open water, reed land, marshland, heathland, coniferous forest, hay meadows and floating lifts. An area with beautiful nature to relax and enjoy nature as a walker.

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Ronde Put Bird Hide

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Well hidden, you can do what the name says from this bird watching hut: watch birds. They are protected from you and you from the weather. Clear case of win-win!

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Inn De Beiaard

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In this classic-rustic tavern you can enjoy a fresh "Postel van 't barrel" - a local draft beer. A hearty snack - or maybe a piece of homemade cake with …

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De Lindedreef Tavern

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The "Lindendreieck" serves you honest Kemepen cuisine, in which regional ingredients play the main role - above all the bread and cheese from the nearby Postel Abbey. The Postel beer …

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Postel Abbey

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Close to the Dutch border, the wooded Postel is located with its imposing abbey, which was founded in the twelfth century. It is the Premonstratensians who have cultivated the region …

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Way Types & Surfaces

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7.52 km

1.51 km

1.06 km

238 m

191 m

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3.51 km

3.20 km

2.68 km

686 m

429 m

< 100 m

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Tuesday 7 July

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Comments

March 12, 2024,De Ronde Put Route

I have lived in this region for almost 6 decades and I have never touched the Ronde Put nature reserve. What a wonderful place this is. The boardwalk is one of the most beautiful I have encountered in our country and meanders through quiet, rustic landscapes. Interesting place for bird watchers and photographers. There are two bird watching huts along …

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March 29, 2026,Abdij van Postel en Ronde Put

In Postel, where paths get lost in the woods, the sheep clouds let themselves be irradiated by the sun...

The sky enjoyed and colored blue, still fresh and with a breeze of cold...

The abbey was described here with history, where Norbertines have been present for nine centuries...

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March 30, 2024,Mol - Natuurreservaat "De Ronde Put" - Abdij Postel

Nice walk, not very special. But it was nice to go out with my father and brother, nice weather, had a nice beer. So another perfect Saturday :)

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March 27, 2022,Vogelkijkpunt – Abdij in Postel Runde von Witgoor

What a beautiful weather. A nice walk in Flanders.

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January 16, 2022,Retie - Abdij van Postel en de Ronde Put

We actually went to test an electric car for the first time today, but we thought that could just as well be combined with a walk. To Postel, on a Sunday, upon arrival that seemed a less good plan at first, but once "on a walk" it was not that bad. Most visitors only get a few hundred meters around …

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February 25, 2022

De Ronde Put, meaning ‘round well’ or ‘round pit’, is a nature reserve  boasting over 408 ac of unspoilt nature on the border between the towns of Mol and Retie.
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It’s one of the few remaining untouched nature reserves in the Kempen region and is of significant importance from an ornithological and botanical

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The Round Well Route

Ronde Put Nature Reserve

Ronde Put Bird Hide

Inn De Beiaard

De Lindedreef Tavern

Postel Abbey

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