{"id":28012,"date":"2026-09-28T12:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuw.cyclingdestination.cc\/?post_type=bestemming&#038;p=28012"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:32:16","slug":"ostbelgien","status":"publish","type":"bestemming","link":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/de\/bestemmingen\/belgie\/ostbelgien","title":{"rendered":"Ostbelgien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ostbelgien is het Duitstalige oosten van Belgi\u00eb, tegen Duitsland en Luxemburg aan. Het noorden is het land van de Hoge Venen, het zuiden de Belgische Eifel rond Sankt Vith. Een ideale uitvalsbasis voor zowel Duitsland, Nederland als Belgi\u00eb te gaan verkennen. Of wat te denken van de prachtige Vennbahnen, ooit genomineerd voor fietsroute van het jaar? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waarom fietsen in Ostbelgien?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De Hoge Venen, met Signal de Botrange (694 meter, het hoogste punt van Belgi\u00eb) vlakbij.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>De Vennbahn: een oude spoorlijn van Aken naar Luxemburg, nu een fietspad van zo&#8217;n 125 kilometer met flauwe hellingen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rustige wegen en meren, zoals het stuwmeer van B\u00fctgenbach, en makkelijk de grens over naar de Eifel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Racefietsen in Ostbelgien<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ostbelgien ligt in de hoek tussen Belgi\u00eb, Duitsland, Luxemburg en Nederland. Op een rit van 60 kilometer fiets je al door drie landen. Je vindt er rustige wegen, een mix van vlakke en heuvelachtige ritten en de steile hellingen die bekend zijn van Luik-Bastenaken-Luik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Het dal van de Our bij Burg-Reuland, in het uiterste zuiden tegen Luxemburg en Duitsland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Het drielandenpunt rond Sankt Vith, in de Eifel en de Ardennen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>De heuvels rond Malmedy en de C\u00f4tes van de klassieker: Wanne, Stockeu en Rosier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Het Hoge Venn, de hoogvlakte tussen Eupen en Malmedy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>De heggenlandschappen van het Eupener Land, en Kelmis bij het drielandenpunt met Nederland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Er zijn veel fietsvriendelijke adressen te vinden in de regio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">De Vennbahn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Vennbahn is een van de langste fietspaden over een oude spoorlijn in Europa: 125 kilometer van Aken naar Troisvierges in Luxemburg, door drie landen. Hij is volledig geasfalteerd en loopt nergens steil omhoog, dus ook fijn voor een rustige dag of met de gravelbike. De route is opgedeeld in zes etappes, bijvoorbeeld Aken \u2013 Raeren (22 km) en Raeren \u2013 Monschau (26 km). Langs de route zitten zo&#8217;n vijftig bed+bike-adressen. Meer informatie op <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ostbelgien.eu\/de\/vennbahn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ostbelgien.eu\/vennbahn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Routes van Ostbelgien<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ostbelgien heeft een routeplanner met racefiets-, gravel- en mountainbikeroutes en GPX-downloads: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ostbelgien.eu\/de\/fahrrad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radfahren in Ostbelgien<\/a>. De drie ritten op deze pagina komen daarvandaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wanneer ga je?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van april tot en met oktober. Op de hoogvlakte is het vaak kouder en natter dan in de dalen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hoe kom je er?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vanuit Maastricht of Aken ben je er met de auto in een uur. Met de trein reis je naar Eupen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Hoge Venen, de Vennbahn en Duitstalig Belgi\u00eb: rust, hoogvlaktes en grensoverschrijdend fietsen.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":28247,"parent":27723,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"thema":[859],"gebergte":[865],"uitgelicht":[],"class_list":["post-28012","bestemming","type-bestemming","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","thema-gravelweekend","gebergte-ardennen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ostbelgien - Cycling Destination<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ostbelgi\u00ebn wordt vaak met Walloni\u00eb vermengd, maar het gebied rond Eupen en B\u00fcttgenbach (en Sankt Vith) heeft een eigen status.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/de\/bestemmingen\/belgie\/ostbelgien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ostbelgien - 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