Scotty arrives at Brussels Zaventem Airport |
Start of a bike ride from Brussels to Bonn |
Entering Vilvoorde, where I lived in 1990 |
Christiane and Guy Vanderelst |
Nijverheidstraat, Vilvoorde |
Bikeway along La Senne, Vilvoorde |
Sint-Clemenskerk Eppegem, Zemst |
Sint-Clemenskerk Eppegem, Zemst |
Café Rubenshof, Zemst |
Canalside cycle path between Vilvoorde and Mechelen |
Welcome to the Province of Antwerp |
Flemish roadsigns, Zemst - 36km to Waterloo |
Cycleway along the River Dijle (Dyle) leaving Mechelen to the east |
Nekkerspoel Borcht, River Dijle, Mechelen |
Cycle path along the River Dijle passing the lake De Nekker |
Around Rijmenam, the Dijle forms the border between the Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Vlaams-Brabant |
Excellent cycling along the River Dijle |
Peaceful pastoral landscape along the River Dijle |
Cycling along the Dijle, Vlaams Brabant |
Bikepath along the Dijle River, Tremelo, Vlaams Brabant |
Sint-Jan-Baptistkerk, Werchter, when I leave the Dijle River for the Demer |
Werchter, 12km to go to the day's destination of Aarschot |
Late afternoon cycling, Vlaams-Brabant |
Dasies in May near Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant |
Motorway from Aarschot to Aachen, Germany (Aken) |
Sint-Pieters-Rode, Vlaams-Brabant |
Welcome to Horst Castle - Kasteel van Horst |
Kasteel van Horst, Holsbeek, Vlaams-Brabant |
Kasteel van Horst, 15th C. |
Kasteel van Horst |
Kasteel van Horst |
Courtyard of the Kasteel van Horst |
Kasteel van Horst, surrounded by a lake |
Forest of Vlaams-Brabant, Tielt-Winge |
Wijngaardstraat, Tielt-Winge |
Meadow surrounded by forest, Wijngaardstraat, Tielt-Winge |
Kaaskorf, Tielt-Winge |
Rejoining the Demer River east Aarschot |
Spring flowers along the Demer River between Aarschot and Diest |
Spring flowers along the Demer River between Aarschot and Diest |
Spring flowers along the Demer River between Aarschot and Diest |
Road construction, Messelbroek, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
De Watermolen, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
De Watermolen, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, on the way to Diest, Vlaams-Brabant |
Markt, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
Heren van Zichem, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
Markt, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
Markt, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem |
Leaving Zichem...I missed the Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel |
Entering the Belgian Province of Limburg |
Welkom in Fietsparadijs Limburg - Cyclist's Paradise |
Belgiums Limburg Province, a cyclist's paradise |
Sint-Pieterskerk, Grote Markt, Halen |
Monument on the Grote Markt, Halen |
Halen was the site of one of the first battles of World War I, 12 August 1914 |
Stadhuis Halen, the modern city hall |
Grote Markt, Halen |
Midden-Limburg route, Halen |
Vinnehoekstraat |
Brasserie 't Vloot, Demerstraat, Lummen |
Schuttersgilde Sint-Sebastiaan, Schalbroek |
Lilacs blooming along a cycle path through the forest, Limburg Province |
Cycling between Schalbroek and the Albertkanaal, Limburg |
Westlaan Bridge over the Albertkanaal, Heusden-Zolder |
De Bierkaai Brasserie, Viversel |
Tuikabelbrug Godsheide, Albertkanaal |
Towpath interrupted in Genk |
Locks on the Albert Canal, Diepenbeek |
Cow and daisies, Limburg |
Welkom in Bokrijk |
Forest around the Bokrijk open air museum |
Koetshuis, Bokrijk |
Kasteel van Bokrijk |
Kasteel van Bokrijk |
Gate to Bokrijk Castle |
Forest of Bokrijk |
Bikepath through the forest of Bokrijk |
Rhododendron, Forest of Bokrijk |
Openluchtmuseum Bokrijk |
Bikepath through the forest of Bokrijk |
Cyclists in the Forest of Bokrijk |
Wind turbines along the Albertkanaal, Hasselt |
Sluizencomplex Godsheide - Hasselt |
Rijksweg to Maastricht - 27km |
Ready to cycle from Hasselt for Maastricht enroute to Bonn |
Scotty along the Albert Canal with the Godsheide Bridge |
Albertkanaal - Sluis Genk |
Bridges over the Albert Canal at the Genk Locks |
Genk Locks Control Tower, Albert Canal |
Langerlo NV Power Station, Genk |
Ford Factory in industrial Genk |
Cyclepath Detour - Omleiding Zutendaal |
Crossing the Albertkanaal, Genk |
Zeppelin facility, Munsterenstraat, Genk |
Dijkstraat, Zutendaal |
River cargo ship Leonardus on the Albert Canal |
Map of cycle routes and waypoints of eastern Flemish Limburg |
St Laurentius Church, Lanaken |
Old railway bridge over the Albertkanaal, Lanaken |
Briegden Bridge over the Albertkanaal |
Spur of the Albert Canal, Lanaken |
Lanaken, Limburg Province |
5 km to Maastricht, Lanaken, Limburg Province |
Belgium-Netherlands Border |
Belgium-Netherlands Border, Brugstraat, Smeermaas |
Belgium-Netherlands Border, Brugstraat, Smeermaas |
Entering Flanders - Vlaanderen, Province Limburg |
Day 1: Zaventem-Vilvoorde-Mechelen-Aarschot |
Day 2: Aarschot-Horst-Diest-Hasselt |
Day 3: Hasselt-Maastrict-Aachen |