Flemish Ardennes

Ardennes or Flemish Ardennes is the name informally given to a region abundant in hills of the south of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Its highest hills are only 150 meters.

The area is different from the Ardennes (region), which is located further south, in Wallonia, France, Germany (Eifel) and Luxembourg.

Among the largest cities in this area are Oudenaarde and Zottegem. Cycling

These abundant hills have made famous many cycling races that run through the area. An example of this is the "Cycling Monument" Tour de Flanders and to a lesser extent other events such as the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, or the Dwars door Vlaanderen. The most famous ascensions of the Flemish Ardennes are the Koppenberg cove, paved and 22% uneven and the Muur-Kapelmuur, in Geraardsbergen, with similar characteristics, known as one of only two true 'walls' of cycling in Belgium ( the other being that of Huy, already in the province of Liege -Valonia-, where the Flemish Flecha traditionally ends.) Name's origin

This region of Belgium has nothing to do with the real Ardennes. The Ardennes are situated in Wallonia, and are the only more or less mountainous region of Belgium; reaching almost 700 meters above sea level in its highest hills. It is a border region with France, Germany and Luxembourg.

The Flemish Ardennes are named for being one of the very few hilly areas of Flanders. It is a case similar to the one of certain regions called in Spain "Switzerland": Switzerland Manchega (saw of Alcaraz), Valencian Switzerland (zone of the Hoya de Buñol). It is only a tourist name.

Coordinates: 50 ° 49'N 3 ° 40'E / 50.817, 3.667

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