But if you want to explore, then this is the perfect spot for your dose of nature, culture or gastronomy.
What is there to experience?
On foot
A few hundred metres away (at the crossing of Tommenstraat and Repenstraat) you can join the ‘Kluizenaarswandeling’ (6km) or the short Kluizenaarswandeling (4 km). You will pass the ‘ Vault of Vrijhern ‘ (Green Spot Vrijhern) on both routes.
Other green spots (starting points for walks in the green) nearby are: Zammelen, Mette coving, witch, great wage (with walk past the ‘ Look Church ‘), Rullingen, Munsterbos and Alden colostrum.
By bike
‘ Foliage ‘ is located close to junctions 119 and 130 of the cycle route network.
You kick 9 km to Tongeren, 12 km up into Alden colostrum.
Or you pick up on the well-known ‘ Blossom Route ‘ (38km) that takes you back through typical Hesbaye villages and landscapes through the beautiful Borg wage and the city of the town.
At junction 139 You can follow the cycling route ‘ route with PIT ‘. This brings you past art projects in the open space, including the famous ‘ Look church ‘.
On the tractorpad behind the house passes the red loop of the mountainbike route ‘ Tumulus ‘.
A little further in Sint-Huib right-Hern You can connect to the MTB-route ‘ de Steegkes ‘ (Bilzen-Birmingham).
By car
Tongeren and Borg Loon are a 15-minute drive away, the centre of Bilzen at 20 minutes.
Hasselt and Maastricht reach you in 25 and 35 minutes respectively by car.
Haspengouw, nature in abundance
‘Loof’ is in Hoeselt, the gate to Haspengouw, with plenty of hike and bike routes through rolling landscapes with orchards and castles.
According to many, Haspengouw is world famous as ‘the Toscany of Flanders’, to others it is a yet to be discovered surprise.
Culture & Gastronomy
You are close to Tongeren, the oldest city of Belgium, where each Sunday morning you can enjoy its renown antique and flea market. Also in the area is Bilzen, with its heritage site of ‘Alden Biesen’.
Further you can enjoy shopping, cultural activities and contemporary culinary feasts in Hasselt (25 min.) and Maastricht in the Netherlands (35 min.).