Discover Borgloon through a series of photos. The task is to find the locations of the photos. We are giving you the route as a gift. Will you find the correct answers to the questions and crack the numeric code? Be sure to drop by our Tourism office to collect your reward!
Tourist welcome desk, Stationsplein 8, Borgloon
€ 3 / photo scavenger hunt

Have you always wanted to “rummage” in a treasure chest? Before you can do that, you first need to solve some riddles and rebuses, all during a ‘playful’ walk (approx. 4.5 km). If you have answered everything correctly, you can use the obtained letters to form “the keyword” that gives you access to our treasure chest!
Please note that you must be back before the closing time of the Borgloon Tourism office, otherwise ‘the treasure’ will remain in our possession :-). The Treasure Hunt starts at the Borgloon Tourism office.
Tourist welcome desk, Stationsplein 8, Borgloon
€ 3 per child between 5 and 12 years old

“De Strooplekker” is the mascot of this ± 5km city walk. The marked route leads you through our beautiful historic count's town.
City Hall
Accompanying brochure: € 3

Starting point is Borgloon, the historical heart of the County of Loon. From the imposing castle hill, you walk into a centuries-old landscape with forested hilltops and vast standard orchards. A number of them are accessible and ideal for a picnic. You will also pass a picturesque church village and enjoy panoramas that offer you a miles-far view of the beautiful Haspengouw landscape.
Start: Klappoel (= behind City Hall, Markt z/n, 3840 Borgloon)
4 km, 5.5 km, 8.5 km of 12.5 km

The tiny village around which this walk revolves is a model of rural Haspengouw. Surrounded by fields and bordered by standard orchards, it radiates the authentic warmth of rural life. The agricultural landscape is dotted with hills and valleys and slowly unfolds before the walker, just like a true grand cru wine only reveals all its secrets at the very end.
Start: Mettekoven center (Heers)
1.5 km, 3 km, 4 km, 7 km, 8.5 km of 12 km

They lead you through the varied landscape of the Herk and Rullingenbeek valley. You are here in the heart of the fruit-growing region. You walk past standard and low-stem orchards and along the old “fruit rail trail”.
Start: Borgloon Syrup Factory, Stationsplein
3.5 km of 8.5 km

The picturesque village of Zammelen, a sub-municipality of Kortessem, reigns at the edge of the Haspengouw loam plateau over the valley of the meandering Mombeek river. A combination of water, loam, lime, and sand ensures that in this valuable nature reserve, varied meadows, typical hayfields, mysterious marshes, and swamp forests exert a special attraction on rare plant and animal species. This is wet Haspengouw through and through!
Start route: Gors-opleeuw center
6 km
Start routes: Zammelen church
4 km, 7 km, 13 km

In the valley of the Kleine Herk in Borgloon lies the Mariënlof Abbey, popularly better known as the convent of Colen. The panoramic views and the heritage are the main assets of this Hidden Beauty.
Start: Fruit Experience Centre Stroopfabriek, Stationsplein 8, Borgloon
4.5 km

On the border of the municipalities of Kortessem and Borgloon lies one of the largest continuous forests in Haspengouw. Numerous ancient forest plants are still found here. The Winterbeek winds its way through its wooded valley. In the south, the lords of the ‘Opleeuw’ castle built their hunting lodge, better known as Bellevue Castle.
Start: Hemelspark, Opeindestraat 32, Kortessem
3.8 km of 5.6 km