Nature & parks in Diest

Cerckel Park encapsulates almost 800 years of history. In 1228, one of the oldest monasterial communities of Diest, the Order of Friars Minor, settled on the banks of the River Demer. In 1580, much o...

Visit the current Citadelbos, a renaturalized cultivated forest where, now that the paratroopers have left Diest, you can wander around freely.  The Citadel is a ‘protected military monumen...

For the delightful castle, the Lords of Diest, who ruled over the city and surroundings in the Middle Ages, chose a strategic place, known since then as the Burchtheuvel (castle hill). After the Frenc...

Jan Heylen (1931-1967) was an artist who died too early. Nevertheless, in his short career he left a lasting impression and conducted pioneering work in the field of 'ceramics' as an art discipline. A...