Tourist Guide Meetjesland 2017 www.toerismemeetjesland.be Active Attractions Heritage & culture Out The Creeks in Assenede Welcome to the Meetjesland meetjesland, it’s an experience! discover a slice of unfamiliar flanders. far away from the hustle and bustle. between ghent, bruges and the coast of zee- landic flanders (the netherlands) you will discover a cycling paradise with woods, fields and, to the north, a unique creek area. Info Visitor Center Huysmanhoeve, Toerisme Meetjesland, Bus 1, 9900 Eeklo, T +32 9 377 86 00,
[email protected], www.toerismemeetjesland.be www.toerismemeetjesland.be Get to work immediately with the cycling network To give you a taste of our cycling network, we would make two suggestions. We have selected these junction suggestions to create themed tours. You can easily work out different routes with these junction combinations. ACTIVE Simply follow the junction combinations below. We recommend that cyclists purchase a junction map Cycling (6 Euros) in one of our tourist centers and have this map on you during your tour. Join us on the Meetjesland cycling network! De Lieve Tells Its Tale (40 km) This tour takes you along the oldest canal in Flanders. The level gradients of Meetjesland are home to a net- From the moment of its foundation, the city of Ghent work of cycling routes with various junctions, just like wanted a direct connection to the sea. ‘De Lieve’ is the the rest of Flanders. The assets of our cycling network first excavated canal in Flanders and was meant to grant are the landscape, the level gradients of the region and Ghent a direct waterway connection with ‘het Zwin’ the fine selection of pleasant cycling tours often on little (in the region of Damme and Bruges).