Why this ride
A 109 km round trip from Oudenaarde - roughly 2 h 04 in the saddle. It goes by way of Béguinage de Kortrijk, Stadhuis and back through Béguinage de Kortrijk.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Stadhuis met Belfort and Stadhuis starting at Oudenaarde
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 109 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 04
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Stadhuis met Belfort
Oudenaarde's town hall looks like something carved from lace. Built in the early sixteenth century in the late Gothic style, it has a facade covered with pointed arches, niches and statues, and a slender belfry topped with a gilded crown on which stands a small knight known locally as Hanske de Krijger, Little John the Warrior. The building is one of the finest of its kind in Flanders, and it is listed by UNESCO among the belfries of Belgium and France. Inside, there are displays of the tapestries for which Oudenaarde was famous across Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially its verdures, woven scenes of forests and greenery.
Read the complete Stadhuis met Belfort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Stadhuis met Belfort is where the day begins. Next is Béguinage de Kortrijk.
2. Béguinage de Kortrijk
Step through a gate off a busy street in the centre of Kortrijk and the noise falls away. The béguinage is a tiny enclosed village of whitewashed houses, cobbled lanes and a small church, founded in the thirteenth century by Countess Joan of Constantinople for the beguines, lay women who lived a religious life without taking full vows. It is one of the Flemish béguinages that UNESCO listed together in 1998, and although it is small, it has a rare atmosphere of calm. A statue of the countess stands at the entrance.
Read the complete Béguinage de Kortrijk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Béguinage de Kortrijk comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Stadhuis.
3. Stadhuis
Bruges is half an hour north, and the two make a good pairing, but Roeselare deserves to be taken on its own terms: a working town of some fifty-six thousand people, built on textiles, food processing and trade, with a town hall on its market square that anchors the centre. Like most Flemish towns, Roeselare grew around a market and a civic building that announced the burghers' independence from lords and bishops, and the tradition of the town hall as the symbol of local self-government is still very much alive here.
Read the complete Stadhuis write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Stadhuis. Next is back through Béguinage de Kortrijk.
4. back through Béguinage de Kortrijk
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Béguinage de Kortrijk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Béguinage de Kortrijk, late in the day. Next is Stadhuis met Belfort.
5. Stadhuis met Belfort
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stadhuis met Belfort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Stadhuis met Belfort. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Stadhuis met Belfort to Béguinage de Kortrijk
Stadhuis met Belfort → Béguinage de Kortrijk is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Béguinage de Kortrijk to Stadhuis
Béguinage de Kortrijk → Stadhuis is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stadhuis to back through Béguinage de Kortrijk
Stadhuis → back through Béguinage de Kortrijk is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Béguinage de Kortrijk to Stadhuis met Belfort
back through Béguinage de Kortrijk → Stadhuis met Belfort is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.