# Franse forten, the French forts walk around Damme

What to do en Damme · Damme

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/french-forts-walk · Revisado: 2026-11-14

- Desde: 1.5 € route booklet
- Duración: 4 h
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: Walkers with an interest in military history

Walk · 13.4 km · flat and circular · three forts from the War of the Spanish Succession · €1.50 booklet in Dutch

During the War of the Spanish Succession, between 1701 and 1713, France controlled the southern Netherlands and strengthened Damme: it added a hornwork to the north of the square and built new forts to guard the canals around it. This 13.4-kilometre route passes three of them.
How to do it
It leaves from the Markt and makes a flat loop, in one direction only. It is not waymarked: you follow it with the booklet sold by the tourist office for €1.50, in Dutch only, with the map. Allow about four hours on foot.
For the 18th-century part you can't see, the Huyse de Grote Sterre, where the military governors lived, is on the same Markt.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 51.2517, 3.2817

## Cerca de aquí

- [The Damme Markt, the Gothic town hall and Till Eulenspiegel's house](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/markt-and-town-hall), a 0 m
- [The Damme book market, on the second Sunday of every month](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/book-market), a 0 m
- [Rond de wallen, the circuit of Damme's ramparts](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/ramparts-walk), a 47 m
- [The Damse Vaart walk, from Damme to Oostkerke across the polders](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/damse-vaart-walk), a 47 m
- [Tante Marie, in Damme](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/where-to-eat/tante-marie), a 155 m
- [The Church of Our Lady in Damme and the climb up its tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/olv-church-tower), a 265 m
- [The Schellemolen, Damme's windmill beside the canal](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme/things-to-do/schellemolen), a 321 m

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is there a booklet in Spanish about the Damme forts?
No: only in Dutch, although the map is enough to follow the route.

### How long is the route?
13.4 km, flat and in a circuit.

Destino: [Damme](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/damme.md)