‘Cycling through the Heathland’ is a 4-kilometre route that takes you straight through the Hoge Kempen National Park, the only national park in Belgium. You cross the heathland of Mechelen, which with 700 hectares is one of the largest heathland areas in Flanders, between interchange 550 and 551 on the cycle path network. Vast pine forests alternate with endless heathland landscapes.
One of the highlights of this route is undoubtedly the 300-metre-long wooden cycling bridge, which forms a beacon in the landscape. Just like a roller-coaster, the cycling bridge is made up of a fine-knit structure of beams and columns. Between the wooden structures, a concrete
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