Kanarieberg (English: ''Canary Hill'') is the name of a road and hill in the municipality of

Ronse Ronse (; french: Renaix, ) is a Belgian city and a municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality only encompasses the city of Ronse proper. History Early settlements to 14th century The hills around Ronse show clu ...

, in the

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province of

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. With its top at 131 m, it is the one of the many hills in the

Flemish Ardennes The Flemish Ardennes (Dutch: ''Vlaamse Ardennen'') is an informal name given to a hilly region in the south of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Highest summit is the Hotondberg (145 m). Main characteristics of the region are rural hilly lan ...

, located in the heart of the hill region. The road of the Kanarieberg starts gently before steadily getting steeper as it winds its way through the fields outside Ronse's city center. It is surfaced in smooth asphalt; its steepest point is 14%. The top of the Kanarieberg is in the Muziekbos (English: ''Music Forest'').

Cycling

The hill regularly features in the Flemish cycling races in spring. In

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the climb made its first appearance in the

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, in the roadbook just immediately before the second ascent of the

Oude Kwaremont The Oude Kwaremont (English: ''Old Kwaremont'') is a road in Kluisbergen, a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The Oude Kwaremont, contrary to popular belief, is not the name of a hill, but the name of one of the cobbled roads ...

. The climb is also regularly included in the

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and occasionally in the

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References

External links

Kanarieberg trajectory on Google Maps
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