Walking in the land of Emile Verhaeren

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Last verified: 30 December 2025

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Poet Emile Verhaeren wrote many poems about love, about Flanders and about his native village and childhood years in Sint-Amands. He had a fondness for walking. Every day, after working on his poems in the morning, he went out for a walk. In our region, too, Verhaeren made long trips along country roads and dike paths.

The route "Walking in the country of Emile Verhaeren" takes you along striking places that played an important role in the life of this famous writer-poet.

Sights to see: Emile Verhaeren museum, birth house Emile Verhaeren, Kerkstraat, Sint-Amanduskerk, De Dam, Chapel of Our Lady Ten Donkere, Steenovens, De Schelde, statue De Veerman, ferry service Sint-Amands, Kaai, Veerhuis, statue Emile Verhaeren, grave monument Emile Verhaeren, Marthe Massintuin, church of Mariekerke, monument Jan Hammenecker

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