Sonian Forest: Hiking (short loop) and visits in light pace (9km)

Walking tour through part of the Sonian Forest.
The best historical points are included in this loop.
If walking 9 km is not feasible for your children, you can make it an educational and relaxing forest trip: once the journey is opened in a loop on your GPS device, you can easily find shortcuts.
If 9km is a bit of a pain for you, take the longer version: https://www.routeyou.com/nl-be/route/view/4641703/wandelroute/zonienwoud-wandelen-en-bezoeken-in-kadans-13-7km

Starting point: Groenendaal railway station (also a large car park)

What will you see/feel:
The Sonian Forest has plenty of treasures of trails under the trees, away from the busy streets/highways it crosses.
1. The Arboretum Groenedaal.This estate is the first to be cultivated.
2. Groenendaal domain where you go at the beginning and end. At first, a subsection is also taken under the RO (eastern ring around Brussels) and the Ganzepootvijvers.
3. Via the Koninginnepad, we go to the monument of the rangers.
4. Just cross the bustling Harasdreef; where a kilometer higher are the two Roman tumuli, which we jump.
5. Through the Tumuliweg, cross the railway at a special place, then cross the arboretum on its south and east sides, and at the end pass the Jan-Van-Ruusbroec-Bosmuseum.
7.Via the special bridge for pedestrians and cyclists, we cross the RO to return to our starting point. We then drove 8.8 km.

Simple and good.