GR 564 De Loonse Route

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103 mi
4,085 ft
33h09
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Last verified: 12 June 2025

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NL - De GR 564 is afwisseling en contrast. Duinen en vennen, zand en water, heide en bos. Natte beemden, fruitplantages en maïs, grote vierkanthoeven en kleine dorpen met spitse kerktorens. In Haspengouw word je telkens verrast door weidse vergezichten. Je steekt de taalgrens over en duikt de vallei van de Mehaigne in met hoogtes en laagtes, kastelen en oude dorpen.

In het eerste deel van je tocht ontdek je de zanderige heuvels van de Limburgse Kempen. Door bossen en natuurreservaten, langs vennen en vijvers gaat de route zuidwaarts. Je komt langs Bokrijk en bij Diepenbeek steek je het Albertkanaal over.
Dan verandert het landschap. Je trekt eerst door de vochtige Demervallei en vanaf Kortessem wandel je door Limburgs Haspengouw waar je in de lente kan genieten van de vele bloesems op de fruitplantages. Hier en daar word je tussen de vergezichten verrast door een spitse kerktoren van een oude soms bijna ingeslapen dorpskern. Voorbij Landen steek je de taalgrens over en kom je eerst in de streek die vele eeuwen geleden het kerngebied was van de Merovingische hofmeiers.
In het laatste deel verandert het landschap aanvankelijk weinig. Je blijft nog even in Haspengouw, en loopt door Hannut en Avennes, waar je de vallei van de Mehaigne bereikt. Nu ga je klimmen en dalen: vochtige valleitjes met bossen en moerassen, akkers op de hoogtes en hier en daar een imposant kasteel. Je tocht eindigt in Huy aan de oevers van de Maas, waar de route aansluit op de GR 576.

EN - GR 564 is variety and contrast. Dunes and fens, sand and water, heath and forest. Wet meadows, fruit plantations and maize, large square farms and small villages with pointed church towers. In Haspengouw, you are constantly surprised by wide open views. You cross the language border and dive into the valley of the Mehaigne with its highs and lows, castles and old villages.

In the first part of your trip, you will discover the sandy hills of the Limburgse Kempen. Through forests and nature reserves, past fens and ponds, the route heads south. You pass Bokrijk and at Diepenbeek you cross the Albert Canal.
Then the landscape changes. First you pass through the damp Demer valley and from Kortessem you walk through Limburg Haspengouw, where you can enjoy the many blossoms on the fruit plantations in spring. Here and there you are surprised by a pointed church tower of an old, sometimes almost sleepy village centre. Beyond Landen, you cross the language border and first enter the region that many centuries ago was the core area of the Merovingian court masters.
In the final section, the landscape initially changes little. You stay in Haspengouw for a while, passing through Hannut and Avennes, where you reach the valley of the Mehaigne. Now you start climbing and descending: damp valleys with forests and marshes, fields on the heights and here and there an imposing castle. Your tour ends in Huy on the banks of the Meuse, where the trail connects to GR 576.

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