Thorpark - purple - 6,2 km

Thorpark is an area of 10 km² behind the former Waterschei mine. The area has so many qualities that it will connect with the National Park. Here you will find everything the Hoge Kempen has to offer: mining slag heaps amidst heathland and pine woodlands, a beautiful stream valley, juniper berries, and continental dunes. Some striking buildings spice up the landscape: the children’s colony of As and the Waterschei coal mine (Thor Central). You can already go hiking extensively here, but a gateway in the familiar style of the other gateways is (still) not there.