Wommelgem Green Cross Walk

Province of Antwerp and GruunRant vzw collaborated to create seven loop-shaped walks. More information and detailed route descriptions with lots of interesting facts can be found at gruunrant.org/wandelroutes and provincieantwerpen.be/GroenKruis.

This adventurous route through Wommelgem primarily takes you along slow roads, through village centers, past hidden green spots, and a landscape mosaic of agricultural activities. Usually, it is small-scale, with some farms even having centuries-old roots. The walk also takes you past the large greenhouses of 'our time'. That is a unique experience. You also cross various interesting watercourses such as the Rollebeek and the Diepenbeek.

The walk begins and ends at the fortress of Wommelgem. The cool and damp spaces are an ideal habitat for many bats. Above the fortress moat, you can see them hunting from April to early October. This makes the fortress part of the Natura2000 network of European protected nature areas.