Schinnen Between this railway station and the woods, you will find the Canisius syrup factory - the iconic household syrup of choice in this region. After your initial purchase, this will fast become a staple of your cupboard and you will not be sure what you did before you discovered it.  I'm a fan of its use in the type of stew that is made in this region but it goes with everything. Every year this factory processes 16 million apples. The factory has a little shop where you can pick up all sorts of goodies. From here I cycled onward to Thull - through what I think were hazel rows, up the steepest hill my bike has seen in these low lands to the Alfa brewery - a family-owned independent brewery. I was somewhat disappointed that although they were serving beer,  apparently they don't have a license to sell to anyone on spec and I would have had to book a tour in order to imbibe some of this amber  liquid I cycled here to taste. So no beer for me - not from lack of ...