Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Flemish Region
Detourmap lists 53 places in Flemish Region, Belgium, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: De Zoom–Kalmthoutse Heide Cross-Border Park. 49 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 53
- Oldest
- Coal Mine of Waterschei 1924
- Little known
- 49 of 53
- Share of Belgium
- 31%
Flemish Region 53
All 53, best known first.
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1.De Zoom–Kalmthoutse Heide Cross-Border Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
Transnational protected area in Belgium and the Netherlands
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17.Veldwezelt-Hezerwater
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Middle Paleolithic archaeological site in Flanders
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19.Lillo
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Municipality annexed by Antwerp after being mostly broken down in 1958 for port expansion
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34.Tumulus of Koninksem
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tumulus at the Paardsweidestraat in Koninksem, Belgium
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39.Tumulus of Koninksem
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tumulus at the Romeinse Kassei in Koninksem, Belgium
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51.Forests of Brabant National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National park in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Elsewhere in Belgium
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Flemish Region?
De Zoom–Kalmthoutse Heide Cross-Border Park, 21st century. Transnational protected area in Belgium and the Netherlands. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Flemish Region?
53: 37 archaeological & historic sites and 16 nature & landscapes. 49 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Flemish Region?
Coal Mine of Waterschei, dated to 1924. 7 of the 53 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Flemish Region here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Flemish Region if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Flemish Region is a first-level division of Belgium, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.