Kortekeer

#476 among destinations in Belgium

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Kortekeer is the name of an uphill road in the municipality of Maarkedal, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 88 m, it is one of the many hills in the Flemish Ardennes. The road is narrow with steep bankings on either side with an asphalted surface. The steepest point is 17.1%. It was the epicenter of one of the most powerful earthquakes ever measured in Belgium, at 5.5 on the Richter scale in 1938. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°47'58"N, 3°34'54"E

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VlaanderenBelgium

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

Nearby attractions include: Koppenberg, Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Paterberg, Oudenaarde Town Hall.

0.8 miN
Iconic cycling hill with cobblestones
Koppenberg
20 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".
7.6 miNW
Cemetery
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem
194 min walk • Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War I cemetery in the city of Waregem, Belgium. Originally a temporary battlefield burial ground, Flanders Field American Cemetery later became the only permanent American World War I cemetery in Belgium.
1.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Paterberg
50 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.
3.2 miN
, Town, City hall
Oudenaarde Town Hall, Oudenaarde
82 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.
3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Eikenberg, Ename
78 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.
4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kanarieberg
104 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.
4.4 miNE
Church
Saint Laurentius Church, Ename
113 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.
2.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Taaienberg
56 min walk • 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.
3.1 miN
50°50'26"N • 3°36'27"E
Church of Our Lady of Pamele, Oudenaarde
78 min walk • Church, Gothic architecture
2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kruisberg, Ronse
73 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.
1.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Steenbeekdries
36 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.

Kortekeer

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