The TransBelgian

The TransBelgian is a 520km allroad route across Belgium. Created together with the colleagues of 666Gravel, Gravelride13 & Gertjan Tanghe.

It takes you from the lowest point (the coast - 0m) to the highest point of Belgium (Signal de Botrange - 694m) over all kinds of surfaces (asphalt, gravel, cobbles, dirt,...). It's perfect for a gravel/adventure bike.

It's a route in line but you don't have to worry about the logistics. The route starts at the train station of Oostende and finishes at the train station of Eupen. There is a direct train riding between these 2 stations so getting back to the start is really easy. You can plan your journey on https://www.belgiantrain.be/en

The route also frequently comes close to cities that have a train station. So you can start later on the route or finish earlier. 

When riding this route you will experience different riding conditions:

• 0-130km : Mostly flat, riding between farm lands, grass fields and trees.

• 130- 220km: Touching the area of the Tour of Flanders with a bit more up and down and some cobbles. Also climbing the "Muur van Geraardsbergen" 

• 220-310km: the forests of Brussels and Leuven with mostly smooth gravel roads

• 310-395km: Through the farm lands with quite some cobbles and a bit of up and down

• 395-470km: Entering the Ardennes. Some more climbing and very rough roads at certain places

• 470-510km: The Hautes Fagnes, big gravel roads with quite some climbing and a lot of solitude

For ease of use we splitted the route into 2 parts. Click the map to go to the route. The route received a few small changes (revision 1 on 24/05/2023) .

This route was created in collaboration with Gertjan Tanghe  and with some feedback by Christ Depestel.	This route is the "old" Gravel Blah Blah route (BLAH = Brussels, Liège, Ardennes & Hautes Fagnes).Created together with the colleagues of 666Gravel & Gravelride13.

If the climb at Ninglinspo is closed (this was the case during the Covid-19 pandemic), use this small detour route: Ridewithgps