Fens and Lakes Route

Logo Fens and Lakes Route
Logo Fens and Lakes Route
Tour data
143.69km
262 - 677m
Distance
1,655hm
1,568hm
Ascent
06:00h
 
Duration
Brief description

With this circuit we invite you to a discovery tour through the High Fens area and the East Belgian lakes. The total length is about 150 km. The route is signposted in clockwise direction.

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Starting point

Round trip: Malmedy is a good starting point

Route
Malmedy
Chapelle Saint-Antoine
1.9 km
Hostellerie de la Chapelle
2.0 km
Wywertz
2.0 km
L'Éveil des Saveurs
5.6 km
Mont
5.7 km
Brasserie Le Mont Rigi
15.1 km
Brasserie Le Mont Rigi
21.9 km
Michelshütte
22.0 km
Michelshütte (674 m)
23.2 km
Drossart
27.4 km
Heisterberg
30.4 km
Zum Stiefel
35.6 km
Unterstadt
36.6 km
Eupen
36.7 km
Spielplatz Themsepark
36.9 km
L'imprévu
39.0 km
Ternell's
44.5 km
Ternell
44.5 km
Weilersbroich
51.7 km
Eschweide
52.3 km
Leyloch
54.3 km
Mölle Wech
55.1 km
Jrongsloch
55.3 km
Norbertuskapelle
55.3 km
Riesterberg
56.0 km
Zum Zien
58.2 km
Kalterherberg
58.2 km
Lo Stivale
58.3 km
Leykaul
59.2 km
Bos Venn
69.7 km
Église Saint-Wendelin
69.7 km
In der Bivelt
73.1 km
Chez Phil
73.1 km
Église Saint-Joseph
73.3 km
Auberge du Lac
73.3 km
Zur Heiden
78.5 km
Gringertz
79.2 km
Restaurant La Menuiserie
79.3 km
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
79.3 km
Wévercé
81.1 km
Pizza Taxi
81.3 km
Lindenhof
81.6 km
Nidrum
84.6 km
Pizzeria Bacco
84.7 km
Bütgenbach
87.2 km
Wirtzfeld
92.0 km
International
94.7 km
La Stivale
94.8 km
Büllingen
95.0 km
Mirfeld
102.6 km
Friture Peters
104.2 km
Amel
104.5 km
Amel Mitte
104.8 km
Sankt Hubertuskirche
105.0 km
Schoppen
109.8 km
Außenborn
113.0 km
Steinbach
114.4 km
Remonval
115.0 km
Niedersteinbach
116.9 km
Montenau
120.8 km
Restaurant Terminus
120.9 km
Born
123.5 km
STI'NE
128.6 km
Recht
128.7 km
Brücken
133.8 km
Lasnenville
136.9 km
Planche
137.1 km
Schönenthal
138.2 km
Cligneval
139.9 km
Falize
140.7 km
Malmedy
143.4 km
Chapelle Sainte-Hélène
143.5 km


Best season
Jan
Feb
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Description

Nature in widescreen format

At 150 kilometres, the Fens and Lakes Route can boast of being the longest of the three routes. But the round trip can be completed in one day without stress. The starting point is in the French-speaking town of Malmedy. The lively town has recently refurbished its pretty centre. The High Fens, that unreal expanse with its springy peat plains, dark pools, peat bogs and skinny birch forests, is still called " Hautes Fagnes " north of Malmedy. A few kilometres further you cross the language border and find yourself southeast of Eupen, the seat of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, where the unique biotope is called "Hohes Venn". It does not matter which side of the language border you are on, on both sides a carpet of pipe grass, pitrus and purple heather rolls out to the horizon. Nowhere else in East Belgium does the vastness make itself felt better than on the archaically beautiful high plateau of the High Fens. And this is not just any high plateau: at 694 metres, the Signal of Botrange halfway between Malmedy and Eupen is not only the highest point in the High Fens, but also the highest peak in the whole country. Having driven past here, we briefly cross the border to visit our eastern neighbour Germany near Kalterherberg. Further south, reservoirs like Robertville or Bütgenbach invite you to relax by the water. Those who have acquired a taste for it can come back after the round trip to swim, canoe or just relax. A few more roads, a few more remote villages and we cross the language border again. Soon after, we are back in Malmedy.

Highest point
677 m
Endpoint

Malmedy

Height profile
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Tips

Suggestion - a shortcut is possible

Between Sourbrodt and Mont, you can shorten the route or split it into two stages of roughly equal length: a northern and a southern loop.

Additional information
East Belgium Tourist Agency npo

Hauptstraße 54

4780 Sankt Vith

+32 80 22 76 64

info@ostbelgien.eu 

www.ostbelgien.eu 

BE 0715 454 578 - RJP/RPM Eupen


Parking

Malmedy: In the immediate vicinity of the cathedral and the "Malmundarium" museum.


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