Taaienberg

#178 among destinations in Belgium

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Taaienberg is a hill in the municipality of Maarkedal, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 90 m, its is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East-Flanders. The slopes of the hill are paved in cobbles; in 1993 they were repaved with the original stones. The cobbled climb is one of the regular sites in Flemish cycling races in springtime. In 1995 the road of the Taaienberg was classified as a protected monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°47'46"N, 3°37'52"E

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Taaienberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Koppenberg, Paterberg, Oudenaarde Town Hall, Eikenberg.

2.5 miNW
Iconic cycling hill with cobblestones
Koppenberg
63 min walk • Koppenberg is a 77 m high hill in Oudenaarde, the Flemish Ardennes, Belgium. "Koppen" is an abbreviation for cobblestones which in Dutch slang language are called kinderkoppen, or "children's heads".
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Paterberg
97 min walk • The Paterberg is a hill in the municipality of Kluisbergen, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 80 m, its is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, close to Wallonia.
3.5 miN
, Town, City hall
Oudenaarde Town Hall, Oudenaarde
90 min walk • The Town Hall of Oudenaarde, Belgium, was built by architect Hendrik van Pede in 1526–1537 to replace the medieval Schepenhuis that occupied the same site.
1.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Eikenberg, Ename
49 min walk • The Eikenberg is a hill and road in the municipality of Maarkedal, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With an 82 m altitude top, its is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East Flanders.
2.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kanarieberg
65 min walk • Kanarieberg is the name of a road and hill in the municipality of Ronse, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 131 m, it is the one of the many hills in the Flemish Ardennes, located in the heart of the hill region.
4.1 miN
Church
Saint Laurentius Church, Ename
104 min walk • The Saint Laurentius Church of Ename was built shortly before the year 1000 by Herman, Count of Verdun. The only Ottonian building surviving in Ename, it is today the parish church of the village.
3.2 miN
50°50'26"N • 3°36'27"E
Church of Our Lady of Pamele, Oudenaarde
83 min walk • Church, Gothic architecture
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kruisberg, Ronse
81 min walk • The Kruisberg, also known as Oude Kruisberg or Oude Kruisens, is a hill and road in the city of Ronse, in Flanders, Belgium. With its top at 122 m altitude, its is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East-Flanders. The road starts going gently uphill from the center of Ronse.
0.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Steenbeekdries
24 min walk • Steenbeekdries is an uphill cobbled road in the municipality of Maarkedal, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 69 m altitude, its is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East-Flanders.
3.7 miNW
50°50'30"N • 3°35'9"E
The Outsider Cablepark Oudenaarde, Oudenaarde
95 min walk • Kayaking, Watersports, Game and entertainment center
4.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Oude Kwaremont
124 min walk • The Oude Kwaremont is a road in Kluisbergen, a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The Oude Kwaremont, contrary to popular belief, is not the name of a hill, but the name of one of the cobbled roads leading up the Kluisberg hill.