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There are plenty of forest paths and uneven surfaces. The route starts in the Chenois neighbourhood, heading towards Rhode-St-Genèse. It’s a long ride through the forest towards the Groenendaele ponds, passing by the Château des 3 Fontaines and then the Rouge-Cloitre. You should then head towards the cycle bridge over the ring road. The return route takes you via Notre-Dame au Bois (with plenty of places to stop: speciality beers, tartine with fromage blanc and mussels, etc.), Hoeilart, then La Hulpe (near Solvay Park), the Royal Estate of Argenteuil, a cycle path running alongside the ring road towards the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Waterloo Ducks’ hockey ground, returning via the centre of Waterloo.

This is a direct route that runs along the edge of the Soignes Forest. There are few roads and the junctions are safe. One tricky spot is when crossing the junction under the Hermann-Debroux viaduct. There is another route further to the east which passes through a lovely neighbourhood in Auderghem before reaching the Sonian Forest and crossing it.

A less direct and flatter route than the outward journey described in another walk. After a shared section along the old railway line that runs over Avenue de Tervueren, followed by Boulevard du Souverain (dedicated cycle lane), the route passes under the Hermann-Debroux Viaduct and climbs towards a pretty neighbourhood in Auderghem before reaching the Forest. It crosses the Chaussée de la Hulpe (at a protected crossing) and reaches Waterloo via a lovely route through the forest.