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Maagdentoren Zichem – Citadel of Diest loop from Begijnendijk

Maagdentoren Zichem – Citadel of Diest loop from Begijnendijk

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4.5

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Maagdentoren Zichem – Citadel of Diest loop from Begijnendijk

06:38

113km

710m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 71.2 km for 45 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.03 km

Meetshovenbos

Forest

15.8 km

Demerbroekstraat Path

Highlight • Trail

Nice trails through the Demer valley

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20.6 km

Voortberg

Forest

25.9 km

Lobbense Molenweg

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Sloping strip between the vines towards Scherpenheuvel

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28.8 km

Demer Riverbank in Kloosterbeemden, Zichem

Highlight • River

Beautiful piece of nature along the Demer.

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29.0 km

Watermill with metal undershot wheel on the Demer, 50 meters north of the church of Zichem, built in 1758. On March 2, 1994, the mill was protected as a monument and together with its surroundings as a village view. The building is now home to a home and doctor's practice, but the milling area is still preserved and separated with a glass wall. Unfortunately, the waterwheel has now been cut off from the Demer, so that turning has become impossible.

The mill became especially famous as a setting for the film adaptations of De Witte, the famous book by Ernest Claes.

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29.7 km

Maagdentoren Zichem

Highlight • Monument

The Maiden's Tower is the attraction of Zichem. On June 1, 2006, part of the fourteenth-century Maiden's Tower collapsed. A disaster, because the monumental keep could no longer be restored to its original state. The huge hole was filled with gray brick. Since then, you can climb the tower on weekends and in July and August every day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the top you have a beautiful view over the Demer valley. According to tradition, Rosita, the daughter of the lord of Zichem, was imprisoned in the top room of the tower. She was in love with a common soldier and that was not to her father's liking. Rosita had to and would remain a virgin, hence the name 'Virgin Tower'. The Maiden's Tower is freely accessible at the following times
From March 15 to August 31, every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
From September 1 to October 31 : on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am. until 5 p.m.
During the autumn holidays every day from 10 am to 5 pm

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32.3 km

Gravel path along the Demer near Diest

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When the riders of Dwars door het Hageland pass here, a large cloud of dust forms behind them. Impressive to see.

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37.0 km

Viewpoint

40.0 km

Citadel of Diest

Highlight • Historical Site

The citadel in Diest is a 19th-century fort that served as an army barracks for the paratroopers until 2011. The city will renovate the citadel in several phases and repurpose it into a new city district. As part of this, part of the citadel will be given a temporary activating function from the summer of 2024. This temporary function is organised by the Citadel Diest cooperative. Here you will find a lot of entrepreneurs, organisations and associations that work on very diverse themes: work & meeting, creativity & rest, sports & games, crafts, making & learning and tasty local products. In Block 3 you will find coworking, meeting and gathering spaces, creative entrepreneurs and a wide range of activities around rest, health and well-being. Block 4 houses the makers, circular entrepreneurs and also the production and short-chain sales of local healthy food. All event spaces are located in Block 5.

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66.1 km

Eddy Merckx Monument Kiezegem

Highlight • Monument

Here you can pay tribute to the Belgian cycling legend Eddie Merckx for a moment. The statue stands here in Eddie Merckx's birthplace and commemorates one of the most successful cyclists of all time.

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113 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

56.3 km

27.2 km

19.0 km

8.90 km

1.89 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

32.3 km

28.7 km

28.4 km

18.5 km

5.23 km

135 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (10 m)

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Maagdentoren Zichem – Citadel of Diest loop from Begijnendijk

Demerbroekstraat Path

Lobbense Molenweg

Demer Riverbank in Kloosterbeemden, Zichem

Great Mill of Zichem

Maagdentoren Zichem

Gravel path along the Demer near Diest

Citadel of Diest

Eddy Merckx Monument Kiezegem

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