Rivertour around Liege out of Tessenderlo
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Last edit: 10-12-2024
Route Summary It is a pleasant tour that gives you a taste of Walloon driving pleasure and introduces you to some typical and fun Walloon roads.
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RouteXpert Review You will also get to know some typical - and important - rivers for Wallonia, such as the Ourthe, the Amblève and the Meuse.
The route starts at the Total petrol station next to the E313 in Tessenderlo. Enough space to meet each other, drink a cup of coffee and, if necessary, take a pee.
After a few kilometers of highway, we leave the highway near Tongeren (the oldest city in Belgium) to take field roads to the Walloon road network. In Flanders, the speed is limited to 70 km/h outside built-up areas, in Wallonia it can be slightly faster (90 km/h).
You will first cross the Meuse, a river that has an important economic influence, not only on Wallonia, but on its entire basin.
After some beautiful roads, you arrive in Pepinster, the once beautiful, quiet village on the Vesdre, a river that - thanks to Walloon stupidity and idiocy at its finest - has caused enormous havoc in this once peaceful village along the Vesdre.
Naturally, the extremely high rainfall in July 2021 is the major cause of the flooding in Pepinster, but the big question remains whether the damage could not have been immensely limited by timely intervention by the Walloon government with regard to water management in the various dams.
Due to the crushing responsibility and the related direct costs, this question may never be answered, unless of course by the victims who - 3 years after the disaster - are still hungry.
It is certain that immense mistakes were also made during the provision of aid, whereby - also by aid organizations - their own interests unfortunately gained the upper hand.
The Pepinster disaster is therefore an absolute disgrace of failed government and aid policy, where fortunately a number of volunteers provided the help that was ultimately needed over a very long time.
The route itself passes through Pepinster and then continues for a while along the Vesder.
After leaving the Vesdre we dive south deeper into Wallonia to reach the Amblève.
The Amblève winds over a length of 93 kilometers through the picturesque landscape south of the city of Liège. The Amblève has not only marked the landscape, but has also created famous caves (Rémouchamps) and - although artificial - one of the most famous waterfalls in Belgium when monks in Coo diverted the stream to power a water mill.
After finishing the route we drive back north where we reach the Ourthe, which flows through a number of very touristy towns that naturally benefit from the beauty of the river. La Roche en Ardenne, Durbuy (the smallest town in the world (they say)) are just a few examples.
In Comblain au Pont you can make a stop along the river and then drive back in the direction of the urban area around Liège.
Along this route you will also pass Liège airport, originally built for military purposes, but today aimed more at commercial use, mainly for the transport of goods.
From Liège it goes back through Tongeren - the oldest city in Belgium - to take the highway in Hasselt back to Tessenderlo.
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Liège (French: [ljɛʒ]; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] (About this soundlisten); German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] (About this soundlisten)) is the easternmost province of Wallonia and Belgium.
It borders (clockwise from the north) the Dutch province of Limburg, the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Diekirch in Luxembourg, the Belgian Walloon (French-speaking) provinces of Luxembourg, Namur and Walloon Brabant and the Belgian Flemish (Dutch-speaking) provinces of Flemish Brabant and Limburg.
Part of the eastern-most area of the province, bordering Germany, is the German-speaking region of Eupen-Malmedy, which became part of Belgium in the aftermath of World War I.
The capital and the largest city of the province is the city of the same name, Liège. The province has an area of 3,857 km2 (1,489 sq mi), and a population of 1,106,992 as of January 2019.[4]
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It borders (clockwise from the north) the Dutch province of Limburg, the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Diekirch in Luxembourg, the Belgian Walloon (French-speaking) provinces of Luxembourg, Namur and Walloon Brabant and the Belgian Flemish (Dutch-speaking) provinces of Flemish Brabant and Limburg.
Part of the eastern-most area of the province, bordering Germany, is the German-speaking region of Eupen-Malmedy, which became part of Belgium in the aftermath of World War I.
The capital and the largest city of the province is the city of the same name, Liège. The province has an area of 3,857 km2 (1,489 sq mi), and a population of 1,106,992 as of January 2019.[4]
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