Attraction

Groeve Kanne

Avergat 14
Bilzen
Despite the fact that limestone is no longer mined in Groeve Kanne, this is one of the most active quarries today. Guided tours have been given here since 1954, because it is one of the most beautiful quarries to visit.

Some corridors are more than eight meters high or actually deep, because the limestone was mined 'downwards'. This ten-mile-long tunnel system is completely handmade: no explosives, no machines.

The limestone was cut from the quarry block by block, using a block saw, impact chisel and pickaxe. Groeve Kanne is also an interesting place for fossil enthusiasts.

There is an underground fossil museum with murals of prehistoric animals, fossils of sea urchins, fish and other former inhabitants of the prehistoric Cretaceous Sea.

You can admire the skull of a real Mosasaur, although not found in Kanne, but they did occur here. Besides the fact that Groeve Kanne is one of the most beautiful quarries, it is also one of the tastiest.

As in many other quarries, the so-called 'cave mushrooms' were grown here. That still happens in this quarry in the same way as then. Besides cave mushrooms, it is also a place to taste cave beer, cave wine and cave cheese.
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