Regional GR - Haspengouw - 127,6 km
The Streek-GR Haspengouw is a looped long-distance hiking trail through Haspengouw. The route is 182 km long: a main route of 130 km and an additional 52 km of shortcuts, allowing you to make shorter loops as well!
Extensive description CloseThe adventurous hiker who turns hiking into a day trip will find everything they desire on the Streek-GR Haspengouw. You can connect various hiking routes to create a multi-day hiking holiday. Those traveling by train can start from the stations of Sint-Truiden, Alken, or Tongeren. Each village center is also accessible by bus. There are several nice accommodations in the area around the Streek-GR, so it's very easy to make a multi-day hiking adventure out of it.
Signposting: Where the route coincides with other GRs you will find white-red signs, elsewhere yellow-red.
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Start points
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Region - GR Haspengouw, starting point Sint-Truiden station
Stationsplein 65 , 3800 Sint-Truiden -
Region - GR Haspengouw, starting point Kortessem church
Kerkplein 14 , 3720 Hasselt -
Region - GR - Haspengouw, starting point Tongeren station
Stationsplein 1 , 3700 Tongeren -
Region - GR Haspengouw, starting point Bilzen station
Stationslaan , 3740 Bilzen -
Region - GR Haspengouw, starting point Alken station
Stationsplein , 3570 Alken
Practical info
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- The Streek GR Haspengouw passes the NMBS stations of Bilzen and Sint-Truiden and is 200 meters from the station of Tongeren. From the station of Alken, it is a 2 km hike along Stationsstraat to the center of Alken, where the streek GR passes.
- Along the route, there are five bivouac areas. In this folder you will find two suggested routes.
- After a wet period, some parts of this route can be very muddy.