Diest City Walk – Market Square, Diest loop from Diest

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Diest City Walk – Market Square, Diest loop from Diest

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Diest City Walk – Market Square, Diest loop from Diest

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3.42km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.32 km

Diest City Walk

Highlight • Trail

Nice walk

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1.57 km

The Holle Griet Cannon

Highlight • Monument

The Holle Griet is a 15th century bombarde that is located in front of the Cloth Hall. The colossus weighs no less than 5000 kg. The base of the cannon …

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1.81 km

The Golden Moon

Highlight • Religious Site

House "De Gulden Maan", birthplace of Johannes Berchmans (°Diest, 13 March 1599, †Rome, 1621), canonised by Pope Leo XIII. Facade and interior of the ground floor were thoroughly converted into …

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1.91 km

Market Square, Diest

Highlight • Settlement

Some will appreciate the many cafés and restaurants, others will be more attracted to the facades of houses from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries where many of these businesses are …

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1.92 km

Diest Town Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

Diest town hall was built between 1726 and 1731 in classicist style according to plans by Willem Ingnatius Kerricx. The bays in red brick with cross-frame windows are separated by …

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2.13 km

Horse Staircase at the Quay (Diest)

Highlight • Monument

The horse stairs at the Kaai were restored during the many works on the new Demer in Diest. The sloping slope of the horse stairs was used to load and unload ships in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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2.13 km

Dieu Fleuve by Johan Tahon

Highlight • Monument

On April 30, 2022, the sculpture 'DIEU FLEUVE' was unveiled.

With this work, artist Johan Tahon has our shared history retold by a local Demergod, in a mysterious and contemporary …

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2.15 km

Oude Demer

Highlight • River

Part of the Oude Demer. And that Oude Demer continues for a while. It flows through all kinds of locks and the like, and can actually be followed to outside …

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3.42 km

End point

Bus stop

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