Toerisme Heuvelland
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EN HEUVELLAND WHERE TO HEUVELLAND PALETTE OF POSSIBILITIES This brochure will guide you through the wide range of activities, sights and tourist entrepreneurs in our region. Because Heuvelland is very versatile and every village has its own assets. De Klijte p. 5 Westouter p. 20 Dranouter p. 7 Wijtschate p. 25 Kemmel p. 11 Wulvergem p. 28 Loker p. 15 Recreation p. 30 Nieuwkerke p. 17 DO NOT MISS: Start your visit to Heuvelland in the child-friendly visitors’ center, where the landscape surrounding the Kemmelberg is explained. A wide selection of evocative images and tailor-made tourist information can help you to plan your unforgettable stay in Heuvelland. Address: Sint-Laurentiusplein 1, B-8950 Kemmel (Heuvelland) Jean-Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Alderman for Tourism All routes in this guide are available at the visitors’ centre. 1 LEGEND Info Points: The Info Points are dynamic restaurant owners, café Charming villages: The Westhoek and French owners or tourist entrepreneurs who, Flanders have a large amount of quietly as true ambassadors, give personal enchanted villages. Some of those pearls are even tips to their customers about what more beautiful than their already very impressive can be experienced in the region. colleagues. Those places were given the label Thor & Tess: child-friendly activities ‘charming village’. Brown taverns/restaurants: In the Westhoek you will find a lot of authentic, cozy brown taverns/ restaurants where you can catch Vintage Heuvelland Ambassadors are your breath and enjoy a nice local restaurateurs, every one of them a top professional, beer or wine and a local snack. who each in their own unique and passionate way Taste the cosiness and atmosphere work with wines from the Westhoek. Their wine at one of the many addresses. lists and menu cards make clear that they have no hesitation in recommending to you the many fine wines made in our region. Also by the glass. 2 DE KLIJTE De Klijte is a small village in Heuvelland, but no less beautiful! There is a nature reserve that is popularly known as ‘Little Switzerland’. This originated in the deeply cut bed of a brook that flows into the Kemmelbeek. You can idyllically walk (or cycle) in a landscape with bushes and meadows. The church is protected as a monument and is certainly worth a visit! Little Switzerland Ontluikend Leven Panoramic view (Awakening Life) Scherpenbergweg Artwork Dikkebusstraat 28A Our Lady’s Parish Kleine Flandrien church in Spé (17,3 km) Church Cycle route for kids Dikkebusstraat 28A Available at the visitors’ centre 3 DE KLIJTE REGIONAL PRODUCTS CAFES ’t Zwaluwnest De Arend Vineyard Folk café Reningelststraat 82 Dikkebusstraat 47 + 32 486 54 19 58 + 32 57 44 41 70 www.tzwaluwnest.eu Monday, Thursday > Sunday noon on request RESTAURANTS Vinery Zavelaar In De Zon Vineyard French/ Belgian cuisine Just opposite Dikkebusstraat 70 Dikkebusstraat 80 + 32 476 59 08 87 + 32 57 21 26 26 on request Wednesday > Sunday BREAD VENDING MACHINES Dikkebusstraat 23 4 DRANOUTER This village of Heuvelland, whose reputation extends beyond its own borders, is transformed by its enchanting Dranouter Festival. And these roots can be found in all of Dranouter’s activities: music, welcoming bars and a full selection of excellent restaurants and breweries. Command bunker Doedelzakspeler Mount Kemmel (Bagpiper) Cold War Artwork Lettingstraat 64 Koudekotstraat Tickets available at the visitors’ centre. Tuesday (in winter on request), Saturday & Sunday. Dranouter Centrum Eeuwenhout Traditional games - Museum Panoramic view (reopening 2021) Dikkebusstraat Dikkebusstraat 234 (between walking +32 57 44 69 33 www.dranoutercentrum.be junction 68 and 66) Thursday > Sunday 5 DRANOUTER PLACES OF INTEREST Vinery Monteberg Hollemeersch Vineyard – Wine shop Smijterstraat 4a Panoramic view + 32 474 25 54 63 Lettingstraat 58 www.monteberg.be Quinten Monday > Saturday Artwork Planciusplein Vinery Koudekot Vineyard – Wine shop Eeuwenhout Koudekotstraat 15 Nature preserve + 32 475 60 02 64 Dikkebusstraat Friday afternoon > Saturday Small Arms Education Museum Vinery Reyngaard Museum Vineyard Godtschalckstraat 36 Koudekotstraat 44 + 32 57 48 77 02 + 32 495 17 26 58 www.bbcfm.be on request Memorial plaque Flt Lt Baudouin de Saison Borelle Hemptinne Blond beer WWII + 32 490 45 17 16 Lettingstraat 40 RESTAURANTS ROUTES STARTING IN DRANOUTER De Barbier Dranouter walk numbered junctions (7 km) Traditional cuisine, French/ Belgian cuisine Walking Hillestraat 5 See website: www.tourismheuvelland.be + 32 57 44 59 24 Friday > Sunday REGIONAL PRODUCTS Sparhof Bakery d’Oventote French/ Belgian cuisine Rice cake, farmbread baked on woord, gingerbread Wulvestraat 1 Dikkebusstraat 246 + 32 57 33 41 39 + 32 57 44 78 71 www.sparhof.be/en/ Wednesday > Sunday Friday > Tuesday Bakery Geert Nouterse apple pie and fruit frangipane Planciusplein 8 + 32 57 44 62 00 Thursday > Tuesday 6 DRANOUTER De Hollemeersch De Kauwackers Lettingstraat 58 Kauwakkerstraat 1 + 32 57 44 44 06 + 32 57 44 74 90 www.hollemeersch.be Thursday > Sunday Friday > Tuesday De Tere Plekke De Bralle Koudekotstraat 21 Seasonal and regional dishes + 32 57 44 65 67 Dranouterstraat 79 www.detereplekke.fr + 32 57 36 46 54 Thursday > Sunday www.debralle.be/en/ Wednesday > Sunday Circus 157 Fish and meat dishes - theme cafe De Preekstoel Planciusplein 23 Zwartemolenstraat 43 + 32 57 36 88 20 + 32 57 44 69 52 Friday > Tuesday Friday > Sunday Eetcafé ’t Folk ’t Oud Kerverijtje gourmet burgers, traditionals, veggie & vegan - Buffet theme cafe Lettingstraat 7 Dikkebusstraat 234 +32 474 97 04 18 + 32 57 44 69 33 Friday > Sunday + Holidays www.dranoutercentrum.be Friday > Monday De Musette Home-made dishes, seasonal suggestions, tapas, CAFES snacks, tea room ’t Klokhof Dikkebusstraat 244 Douanestraat 23 +32 478 59 07 33 + 32 57 44 41 38 Friday > Tuesday Tuesday > Saturday BISTROS De Zon De Halve Maan Folk cafe Zwartemolenstraat 10 Planciusplein 3 + 32 57 44 48 90 + 32 57 73 00 20 Friday > Sunday Wednesday > Monday Den Ekster Lettingstraat 42 + 32 57 44 68 52 Friday > Sunday 7 DRANOUTER Debs Tea Garden ’t Klokhof Tea room - theme cafe Douanestraat 23 Godtschalckstraat 36 + 32 57 44 41 38 + 32 57 48 77 02 Tuesday > Saturday www.bbcfm.be Saturday > Sunday / school holidays & holidays BAKERIES FISH AND CHIPS STAND & PIZZERIAS Bakery d ‘Oventote Dikkebusstraat 246 Pizza Valley + 32 57 44 78 71 Koenraadstraat 7 Wednesday > Sunday + 32 57 36 87 85 www.thepizzavalley.be Bakery Geert Planciusplein 8 Friday > Sunday + 32 57 44 62 00 LOCAL SHOPS Thursday > Tuesday Au coin perdu Verlorenhoekstraat 8 + 32 57 44 53 66 Monday > Tuesday, Thursday > Saturday 8 KEMMEL Kemmel is one of the most bucolic villages of Heuvelland: verdant market place, bandstand, superb landscapes, friendly bars (estaminets), etc. Kemmel is also well-known for a certain number of important events such as the Zoetemarkt and the biggest flea market of western Flanders. French Monument: De Gaper (The Den Engel Yawner of Kemmel) WW1 - Memorial column Artwork Kemmelbergweg Dries Belvedère Visitors’ Centre Watchtower Het Heuvelland Museum – Children Panoramic view Sint-Laurentiusplein 1 Kemmelbergweg 38 +32 57 45 04 55 Wednesday > Sunday www.tourismheuvelland.be every day/ winter: Tuesday > Sunday 9 KEMMEL PLACES OF INTEREST ROUTES STARTING IN KEMMEL Provincial Domain De Kemmelberg Mount Kemmel Walking route (8 km) Nature preserve Walking Kemmelbergweg Visitors’ Centre Het Heuvelland,, Sint-Laurentiusplein 1 French mass grave WW1 Lost trails (38 km) Kemmelbergweg Cycling Dries Lettenberg + bunkers WW1 Mine battle cycle route (43 km) Lokerstraat Cycling Visitors’ Centre Het Heuvelland, Exhibition: ‘Landscape & war Sint-Laurentius plein 1 Heuvelland 1914-1918’ Children - WW1 West-Flemish hills (27 or 37 km) Visitors’ Centre Het Heuvelland, Mountainbike Sint-Laurentius plein 1 CJT De Lork, Lettingstraat 1 American Monument Ghent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields WW1 (100 or 128 km) Kemmelstraat Cycling Visitors’ Centre Het Heuvelland, V(enus).hill Sint-Laurentiusplein 1 Artwork Lettingstraat REGIONAL PRODUCTS Obelisk 32nd French Division Bakery Pauwelyn WWI Weedbread, brown Driesjesbread, Kriekstraat Mount Kemmel bread, … Dries 9 Work from Godfried Vervisch + 32 57 44 44 80 Artwork Friday >Tuesday Sint-Laurentiusplein 1 RESTAURANTS Warande Nature preserve – Play zone – Castle Trilogie Bergstraat 24 Fish and venison cuisine Reningelststraat 23 Giant mountain stone + 32 57 44 54 13 Sint-Laurentiusplein Wednesday > Sundaynoon 10 KEMMEL CAFES Hostellerie Kemmelberg French cuisine Oosthoeve Kemmelbergweg 34 Theme cafe + 32 57 45 21 60 Oosthoekstraat 1 www.kemmelberg.be + 32 57 44 45 55 Wednesday > Sunday 1st of July till 3th weekend of September Casino Café Boutique World cuisine Theme cafe Polenlaan 7 Polenlaan 4 + 32 57 85 98 30 + 32 498 27 45 28 Friday > Tuesday Wednesday > Sunday BISTROS Camping Ypra ’t Gapertje Pingelarestraat 2 + 32 57 44 46 31 Belgian cuisine - Folk cafe www.camping-ypra.be Dries 7 Daily / winter: closed + 32 474 40 88 60 Wednesday > Sunday & Holidays ’t Hommelke Foodbar & Market A l’Aise Folk cafe Polenlaan 10 Snacks & Sandwiches + 32 57 44 62 82 Reningelststraat 32 Friday > Wednesday + 32 490 40 61 07 Wednesday > Monday FISH AND CHIPS STAND & PIZZERIAS In de Gouden Jaren Belvédère ‘t Kemmels frietje Grill restaurant - tea-room - theme cafe Reningelststraat 20 Kemmelbergweg 38 + 32 487 21 28 30 + 32 57 48 52 87 Tuesday > Sunday Wednesday > Sunday LOCAL SHOPS De Lockedyze Snacks & breadmeals - Folk cafe De Biekorf Kemmelstraat 40 Dries 19 + 32 57 44 44 52 + 32 57 44 54 68 Friday > Wednesday Monday > Saturday De Polka Kemmelstraat 34 + 32 57 44 45 78 Thursday > Tuesday (Sunday morning) 11 KEMMEL Foodbar & Market A l’Aise BUTCHERS Reningelststraat 32 + 32 490 40 61 07 Butchery José Reningelststraat 48 Wednesday > Monday + 32 57 44 40 18 BAKERIES Saturday > Thursday Bakery Pauwelyn FARM VISIT Dries 9 + 32 57 44 44 80 Boomkwekerij De Linde Tree nusery Friday > Tuesday Nieuwstraat 70 BREAD VENDING MACHINES + 32 57 44 63 49 Dries 9 Shop: 2/11-31/3: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Farm visit: 1/5-1/9: Monday > Saturday 12 LOKER The church of Loker with the four-pointed turrets is the most photographed church in West Flanders.