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Bokrijk

Bokrijk combines an open-air museum with reconstructed rural buildings, an arboretum and ponds. You can spend the day exploring architecture and crafts, or make a shorter visit to cycle through the surrounding landscape and across the water.

Cyclists ride along Bokrijk’s water-level path through the De Wijers ponds.
Photo by samdemi Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY 3.0
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What makes it special

  • The museum presents buildings and objects linked to ways of living and working in Flanders from the late Middle Ages to the early twentieth century.
  • A roughly 200-metre platform crosses a pond at cycling junction 91.
  • The arboretum and paths beside the ponds offer an alternative to exploring the museum.
Bokrijk
Photo by Bokrijkbart Bart Bosmans Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Flemish rural farmhouse at Bokrijk Open-Air Museum.
Photo by Brigade Piron Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cyclists ride along Bokrijk’s water-level path through the De Wijers ponds.

Bokrijk brings together rural architecture, ponds and a waterside cycle route

At Bokrijk, near Genk, an open-air museum, an arboretum and a cycle path at water level let you choose between a cultural day out and a slow car-free escape.

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Profile updated: 07/10/2026