Gerhagen Forest Museum and Tourist Information Observatory

a. The forest museum is located on the Zandberg. In the Forest Museum you can visit the permanent exhibition "from egg to egg". Also take a look at the library or go out with a guide. The brochures of the various walks (wheelchair path, sand mountain walk, forest walk, Houterenberg walk, Gerhagen walk and the silence walk) are available here. Admission to the Forest Museum is free. More information can be found on www.gerhagen.be.

b. On the 19 m high tourist information tower, you can enjoy a beautiful panorama. Children can romp to their heart's content on the "Zandberg". There is a playground for the little ones. A picnic is no problem.
The Zandberg is next to the Houterenberg one of the Diestiaan hills in this region. These witness mounds were created several million years ago. At that time, the whole of Flanders was below sea level. Along the coastline, between Hasselt and Tienen, sandbanks were deposited.

These sand mountains are silent witnesses of the prehistoric Diestiaan Sea. The iron sandstone of these sand mountains was widely used in old churches and monuments.

Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos