The green Oasis

4.38 (37 reviews)

Verified Herent, Flemish Brabant, Belgium #s004415

Toilet

Hot shower

Drinking water

Electricity

9000m²

Ways to spend the night

Tent
Caravan
Motorhome

About this campspace

We offer a place in an organic nature with the presence of goats, sheep, chickens, squirrels, etc.
The bus stop is very close, making Leuven easily accessible. Herent is located on the route Mechelen-Leuven. Brussels at 25 km. Cities such as Diest and Aarschot are also not that far away.

Perfect for...

Well located to visit cities such as Leuven, Brussels, Mechelen, Aarschot and Diest

Your host

Louis Go to map

Stay warm & dry 🍂🔥

Fire basket
Hot shower
Rain shelter

Available pitch types

Check in – Check out

Select check-in and check-out dates to see available pitches.

Place for tent, camper, caravan

Bring your own

Tent
Caravan
Motorhome

Spacious place within sight of goats and sheep.
The chickens run free.

from € 25.00 per night

Your host, Louis

4.38 (37 reviews)

Acceptance rate: 89%

Response time: slowly

As retired self-employed people, we want to make our domain available to campers.

Tips

Get potatoes, meat and bread at the Hoeveslagerij "Ten Halve"
Small dogs are allowed
There are several good restaurants in Leuven

Reviews

Stefanie

Tell us about your experience
Very nice and helpful hosts.
We were the only guests, which made the stay very nice and unique. It's quite an experience to wake up right next to goats and sheep. Chickens run around in the meadow. Sanitary facilities are very old, but ok for one or two nights. No separate toilets.

How was the contact with the host?
Nice contact

Tips for new guests?
Washing dishes is difficult, fresh water supply for motorhomes is difficult, large motorhomes are difficult to get through, recommended up to a height of 2.90 m

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you for the review

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Frédérik

Tell us about your experience
We cycled on the art cities route. Very beautiful circuit, well signposted. The Garden of Louis (former landscaper, pond specialist) was our second stop.

How was the contact with the host?
Very warm welcome from Louis in his landscaped, spacious and calm garden, surrounded by animals (chickens, goats, sheep). Very good toilets and showers. We appreciated the large greenhouse when it rained, to eat under cover. Thanks again.

Tips for new guests?
Recommended step to pitch the tent or come by camper van. Louis is a lovely host.

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Liese

Tell us about your experience
A very nice place! The first night just took some getting used to the planes, but this was fine in the end. I followed a two-day training in Leuven and public transport to Leuven was easy (bus stops in front of the door) and very manageable. It was a very warm weekend and it was wonderful to be so close to trees and greenery.

How was the contact with the host?
Louis was very friendly and helpful.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you for the review!
Louis and Lieve

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Joep

Tell us about your experience
Fantastic place, good facilities. Very warm welcome. Very nice with all those animals.
Recommended!

How was the contact with the host?
Very pleasant. Nice stories.
Would love to come back again.

August 2023 · Translated from dutch

Host Louis has responded

Thank you! Always welcome.
Louis and Lieve

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Joke

Tell us about your experience
It was a very nice first experience with camping for the kids. Nice place to put the tent, nice place to camp! The animals complete it :-)

How was the contact with the host?
We had a very nice contact, both by phone and on site (with a family member) Warm people!
Thank you for the nice reception

August 2023 · Translated from dutch

Host Louis has responded

Thank you!
Greetings,
Louis and Dear

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Daphne

August 2023

Meeke

Tell us about your experience
What a special stay! In the backyard of the friendly and warm Louis and Lieve. Only 3 places, leaving all the space for ourselves: of course to share with the free-roaming chickens. Simple facilities: but nice shower and toilet at home but separate. Perfect connection to Leuven, with a bus stop in front of the door. And therefore also in Brussels. Into the bargain: tasty apples that fall right off the tree! And: a fantastic rehearsal room for bands! So a great combination for inspiring camping and making music! Add a wood fire: perfect combination!

How was the contact with the host?
Louis and Lieve are top hosts! Adolescent son has learned a lot about chickens, goats and sheep. Extensive reception, warm, loving and personal. Thank you very much for your hospitality! And you are on our list!

Tips for new guests?
We enjoyed it immensely! But this is a place that requires the right appreciation: Go for sincere, a bit wild, on your own and authentic. Then you've got the top spot! And that with a top connection to Leuven and also Brussels. I don't know if Louis and Lieve can offer a combination with their rehearsal room: but otherwise: the ideal place for starting bands!

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you for the nice review. We also enjoyed your son's enthusiasm. He is a true animal lover.
Many greetings!

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Jitse

Tell us about your experience
Very welcoming, peaceful environment. Overall pleasant stay.

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Veerle

Tell us about your experience
Wonderful place to relax!
We camped there with a simple tent and were allowed to flee in the conservatory when it rained. So we could still enjoy our breakfast outside.
Found a little piece of paradise!

How was the contact with the host?
Nice and casual.

July 2023 · Translated from dutch

Host Louis has responded

Glad you enjoyed it.
Greetings,
Louis and Dear

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Maris

Tell us about your experience
What a wonderful and beautiful place to stay. The warm and hospitable welcome by Louis and Lieve made the arrival pleasant and relaxed.
The plumbing is basic, but somehow that didn't bother me at all.
It's a beautiful place in nature to relax completely 🌿

How was the contact with the host?
Friendly, hospitable, plenty of room to do your own thing, but Louis is easy to reach if you have any questions or comments

Tips for new guests?
Enjoy the beautiful spot 😊

June 2023 · Translated from dutch

Miranda

Tell us about your experience
Nice camp space close to Leuven. The place was easily accessible by our bus of almost 6 meters long. We enjoyed the garden and the goats and sheep in the meadow

How was the contact with the host?
Louis welcomed us warmly and showed us around.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Maarten

Tell us about your experience
Very nice place. In nature and yet close to Leuven. Also close to walking and cycling routes.

How was the contact with the host?
Excellent! Friendly man and very good communication!

Tips for new guests?
Stay here while you cycle the Art Cities Route

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Griet

Tell us about your experience
Five star stay! A very nice garden to spend a weekend.

How was the contact with the host?
Very nice welcome and very helpful host! We were able to answer all our questions. Thank you Louis and family

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Benoit

Tell us about your experience
Cool, the garden seemed a bit busy in the beginning, but in the end was just what we needed.

How was the contact with the host?
Very friendly

Tips for new guests?
Do not teach swear words to the parrot!

August 2022 · Translated from dutch

Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Anja Zoontjens

Tell us about your experience
Truly a green oasis, thoroughly enjoyed in this special place.

How was the contact with the host?
We felt more than welcome here and enjoyed the passion that Louis has for his trees and the hospitality of Lieve.

Tips for new guests?
If you like peace and greenery, then you should definitely spend the night here!

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you! Hope you had a nice return trip.
Many greetings
Dear and Louis

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Geraldien

Tell us about your experience
Beautiful place! After a packed beach campsite, it was an oasis of space and tranquility here. The sounds of (air) traffic are there, but disappear into the background with all that beauty. We had private sanitary facilities, simple but clean and functional. Leuven is within cycling distance.

How was the contact with the host?
We found Louis to be a very sympathetic, cheerful and somewhat philosophical man. His love for and knowledge of trees is an important aspect in the management of his land. The conversations with him were pleasant and educational.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Christel

Tell us about your experience
What a lovely place. We completely relaxed in the beautiful paradise of Louis with goats and various trees and fruit trees.

How was the contact with the host?
Louis is very helpful and takes all the time to tell you about his place and the area.

Tips for new guests?
Perfect cycling distance from Leuven, if you can get yourself off the campsite ;)

August 2021 · Translated from dutch

Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Selke

Tell us about your experience
Set back from the road, the 'Green Oasis' is full of surprises. The lovely couple, Louis and Lieve, received us friendly and full of enthusiasm. Immediately we were given an extensive tour of the beautiful self-built site full of goats, chickens and sheep, but also various fruit trees (you can pick your own fruit!), flowers and fish ponds. This site has been a fish pond garden center for years and Louis is still working in the garden with passion and conviction every day. It is nice to see how Louis is working 100% circular; nothing is thrown away. The bad apples go to the goats and sheep, leftover wood is used to make a campfire and the compost heap clears itself. It was wonderful to be sung to sleep by the frogs and to be woken up by the kids in the morning. There is also another pleasant surprise in the barn, named Freddy. To give away a tip of the veil, the animal can talk! ;) There is a nice, spacious shed for when the weather is bad. Louis and Lieve like to share their beautiful stories, but also give the guests their freedom and tranquility. The sanitary facilities can be improved, but equipped with all the basic comforts you need. All in all we had an unforgettable time and we can definitely recommend this unique place! :)

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Jorre

Tell us about your experience
Superb camping spot, including entertainment: a football goal, goats, sheep and above all a lot of space. In addition, a handy bathroom is also available

How was the contact with the host?
Very friendly hosts, who took all the time to get to know us the secrets of the green oasis

Tips for new guests?
Perfect place to camp with kids!

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Sophie

Tell us about your experience
Fantastic host, very helpful and sociable. The garden is very spacious. More than worth it!

How was the contact with the host?
Easy and he always made time.

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Jan

Tell us about your experience
"People who see solutions despite the problems are extremely valuable! We thank our host for the solutions offered! Even our children thought the host and his wife were such lovely people! A top location where we will definitely visit again! Highly recommended !"

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Peter

Tell us about your experience
We were very well received by the manager Louis. we were allowed to choose a place ourselves, you can stand where you want. We stood beautifully in a spacious place and visited the chickens every day.

How was the contact with the host?
very good, very friendly and helpful and a pleasant storyteller.

Tips for new guests?
for your rest you can stay here for a few days and then visit Leuven or Mechelen or even Brussels is doable. don't expect luxury but what you need is there such as shower, toilet and water and electricity and that's fine.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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Stella

Tell us about your experience
A wonderfully beautiful green spot with cozy chickens. After the cozy, beautiful busy Mechelen, which is very easy to reach by bike, this is a wonderful place to rest. Facilities are basic. At about 200 m is a vending machine where you can buy fresh bread, among other things.

How was the contact with the host?
Louis is a friendly host.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you for sheltering our chickens. And the review!

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Bianca

Tell us about your experience
The Oasis is indeed very green. Many sunny spots but also many shady spots under beautiful green trees. There are goats and chickens and here and there beautiful flowers. We had a wonderful stay.
Plumbing was very basic and could use a facelift. But both toilet, shower and sink with hot and cold water were present.
Leuven is within cycling distance, via a separate bicycle path along the water.

How was the contact with the host?
Louis is very welcoming and friendly. He gave us a tour through the garden where we could choose a place for our camper van. There was a large indoor area where beer, soda and wine were cold that we could grab and sign off ourselves.

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Host Louis has responded

thank you!

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Lies

Tell us about your experience
Blissful place to relax. We felt right at home.

How was the contact with the host?
Louis immediately puts you at ease! He provided a beautiful walk in the area. thanks!

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you!

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steven

Tell us about your experience
The night camping with the kids was a very cool experience. Play with the kids, sheep, parrot Fred and parakeet Nero. Swimming in the small natural pond between the frogs was a nice snack, in addition to visiting the ponds of Bellefroid.

How was the contact with the host?
On arrival we were given an extensive tour and we were allowed to choose our camping spot under the apple tree. They are very lovely people.

Tips for new guests?
If you want basic camping in nature, this is a top location to de-stress without luxury.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you for the review! It's great to read that the kids had so much fun!
Louis and Lieve

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Els

Tell us about your experience
Very nice place, nice and quiet, just what we needed during a festival weekend. Very helpful owner! Thank you Louis for using the bike!

How was the contact with the host?
Very good ! Very friendly and helpful.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you! You are very nice campers! Bye!
Louis and Lieve

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akke

Tell us about your experience
Charming frogs. Nice garden. We found sanitary facilities to be substandard. Still, the campfire made it an unforgettable night.

How was the contact with the host?
OK

Tips for new guests?
Basic location.

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Kim

Tell us about your experience
Lovely in Nature among the animals within cycling distance of Leuven. Slept great with the bullfrogs. Nice hosts.

How was the contact with the host?
Good, friendly people.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you and good bye!
Louis and Lieve

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Marc

Tell us about your experience
Dear Dear and Louis. Thank you for your hospitality, for the warm chat about anything and everything, including about your parrot Fred. We enjoyed it. Also a nice garden to relax in. We will definitely be back in July. Warm regards from Marc and Ingrid

How was the contact with the host?
Rapid.

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Sander

Tell us about your experience
The reception was very good and cordial. We were received pleasantly and were given an extensive tour of the domain. my experience on campspace was positive because we could sleep in a location close to our multi-day trek for little money. We did the GR dijleland route and slept on the way at a campspace address.

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Erwin

Tell us about your experience
The site is ideal for camping with a camper, van or tent. If it rains or is a bit cooler, you can always go to the outbuilding. The goats and sheep are fun activities for the children: cross-country skiing together in the meadow.
The host and his wife also do everything to make the stay as good as possible. In any case, we felt very welcome there. Should we ever be in the vicinity of Leuven, we will definitely come back here to spend the night.

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Fons

Tell us about your experience
A few weeks ago we camped for a few nights in De Groene Oasis in Herent. I can recommend the location: it is a beautiful, very quiet location, very rural with bucolic sounds :-)

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Lien

Tell us about your experience
Quiet place to pitch your tent. It is only a pity that we did not know that between 8 and 10 pm sometimes a rock group comes to rehearse in the barn on the site. So close to our tent, where my three-year-old son tried to sleep. I had not received this information and it was not in the description on Campspace. A little disapointing!

How was the contact with the host?
Good, Louis is easily accessible by phone.

Tips for new guests?
If you are not a fan of free-roaming chickens (that dare to come close to you, even when you are eating), you better not camp here :)

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Sophie

Tell us about your experience
Very nice reception, quiet green place! Very happy for the freedom we got to be able to cook - for an additional fee. I think some may find the bathroom unsanitary, but I could see this beforehand and knew what I was going for.

How was the contact with the host?
Nice! Friendly

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GJ

Tell us about your experience
Very quiet place in an unmaintained and somewhat messy backyard. Goats walk in (separate) part, but they do not cause any nuisance. Suitable for small motorhomes, caravans and tents (3 places).
Good cycling distance from Leuven (over 5 km).
Sanitary very basic. Doesn't look very neat, but if you look through it, it's fine to use. It is clean and shower gives a wonderfully warm powerful jet.

How was the contact with the host?
Friendly, flexible landlords, who can and can do just about anything (within reason).

Tips for new guests?
If you don't pay much attention to the appearance, fine place. If you are precise, you will be shocked by the plumbing.

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Host Louis has responded

Thank you for the review!

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An

Tell us about your experience
I would like to tell you my story about our stay.
The area itself was beautiful.
But the facilities mentioned on the site are hardly available.
No Wi-Fi. No potable water. (And this with this heat) or payment. 2 euros per smooth
No electricity outside. (Not working anyway)
No outdoor seating, no indoor seating. Broken Shower.
Wednesday with the thunderstorm, the tent was flooding, the door to the inner part was stuck. The door closes at 8:30 PM. So, we didn't touch the food, drink that we had in the fridge there.
On Friday, the landlord drove down Gras all day and was busy with a chainsaw.
Saturday morning again.
Then I did respond, in a friendly way, but he came to respond in a brutal, rude way.

It is not ok to lie about facilities.
And with this weather no potable water is also not acceptable.

How was the contact with the host?
Ok at first, until we got to meet the person behind the friendly host.

June 2023 · Translated from dutch

Host Louis has responded

Dear An, We are sorry that you are so dissatisfied with your stay.
Here's a reply to your comments:
-Drinking water is available! We NEVER ask for money for a glass of water
-You have not requested electricity.
-You received 2 chairs from us to sit outside and you could use them to sit in the tent
-The shower has been renewed, if something was wrong there during your stay, we would have liked you to tell us personally and not in the review.
-During thunderstorms, the doors are only closed after 10.30 pm.
If your tent had been flooded it would have been very easy to come knock and we would have been happy to invite you in.
-The use of our fridge is not included.
-The grass was cut after 11 am because we assume that everyone is already awake. The chainsaw that the neighbors use is disturbing, but we cannot force the neighbors to work in their garden on their free Saturday. That's why you were so rushed and yet didn't feel like addressing us personally about it.
-You are the first campers to give us such a bad review! Sincere thanks for that!

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Surroundings

At this campspace

Sheep
Goats
Chickens

What you can find in the area

Cows
Birds
Other, namely

Ways to spend the day

Hiking
Cycling
Swimming

Sustainability

Waste separation
Food products from locals in the region
Green power
Water-saving measures

Additional info

Cancellation Policy

Guests who cancel at least 3 days before check-in date will receive a refund of the amount paid by them (excl. Campspace fees). Otherwise they will not be refunded.

Rules

Small dogs are allowed when not hunting our chickens

Pets allowed: no

Checking in and out

Check-in between: To be agreed
Check-out between: To be agreed–6:00 pm

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Nature and wildlife

Former guests' pictures

Ways to spend the night

About this campspace

Perfect for...

Your host

Stay warm & dry 🍂🔥

Available pitch types

Adults

Children

Place for tent, camper, caravan

Your host, Louis

Tips

Reviews

Stefanie

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Frédérik

Liese

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Joep

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Joke

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Daphne

Meeke

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Jitse

Veerle

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Maris

Miranda

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Maarten

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Griet

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Benoit

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Anja Zoontjens

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Geraldien

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Christel

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Selke

Jorre

Sophie

Jan

Peter

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Stella

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Bianca

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Lies

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steven

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Els

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akke

Kim

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Marc

Sander

Erwin

Fons

Lien

Sophie

GJ

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