Through a forgotten past along the language border

Discover how the Dijle valley, at the crossroads of Flemish and Walloon Brabant, makes a time machine unnecessary. This walking route goes through an ancient landscape. Many places you visit today, such as the plateau of De Tomme and the surrounding forests, have remained almost unchanged since the publication of the Ferraris map. Both the modern, paved roads and the characteristic deeply carved hollow ways, which connect the surrounding residential areas of Ottenburg and Waver, are 'heirs' of the roads as we find them in De Ferraris. At the intersection of the three language border municipalities Huldenberg, Graven (Grez-Doiceau), and Waver (Wavre), the capital of Walloon Brabant, you step through different time periods. From the Middle Ages to prehistory, through the Romans, to even World War II. As a finishing touch, along the route lies the oldest monument in the Low Countries, the earthen burial mound De Tomme, which has yet to reveal its secrets after all these centuries. Step into the shoes of religious, farmers, and lords of the castle, and let yourself be guided by the traces they left in the landscape. Prepare for an adventurous journey filled with pieces of hidden, vanished, or forgotten heritage.