Discover Diepenbeek

Diepenbeek combines nature experiences, active days outdoors and remarkable examples of regional culture. Those looking for a holiday apartment or holiday home can combine different travel plans here: walks and hiking ideas, sports activities, discoveries with children, as well as protected monuments and street art. The choice of accommodation can be tailored to your personal priorities, without limiting the trip to just one type of experience.

Nature around Dauteweyers and De Wijers

The Dauteweyers are a special natural attraction. They are freely accessible via Stationsstraat across Demerstrand, as well as via Sint-Servatiusstraat at the level of Steenakkerstraat. This makes it easy to include this location in a day plan when you want to combine nature observation with physical activity.

The De Wijers hiking junction network is also part of what Diepenbeek has to offer. Here, it has 22 junctions. For your planning, this means you can familiarise yourself with the junctions in advance and structure your hiking day according to your interests. Another notable place is Keizelboomgaard. It features around 2,000 different fruit varieties, more than half of them standard-tree varieties, spread across an area of 7 hectares. Keizelboomgaard was protected as a monument by ministerial decree in autumn 2010. The great variety of fruit makes the site interesting for travellers who want to consciously experience regional fruit culture and the landscape.

Active days and discoveries with children

The outdoor sports facilities at Demerstrand include a BMX course, a running track, athletics facilities, football pitches, a skate park, pétanque and tennis. This provides various opportunities for an active stay. Those travelling with children can also put the purple Boomkikkersafari route on their list. It leads through the play forest on the other side of the Demer and past numerous playgrounds. The route thus offers a specific reason to make an outing playful, without focusing the trip exclusively on sport.

Another option is geocaching in Diepenbeek. The GPS-based treasure hunt leads to dozens of hidden caches and gives the stay an exploratory perspective. For families with children of different ages, this can complement traditional hiking or sports activities. Street art is also part of the local landscape: Diepenbeek has numerous noteworthy street-art works that can be discovered by bicycle. This creates a different way to explore the area and combine cultural impressions with physical activity.

Culture among mills, chapels and street art

The Rooiermolen, or Royermolen, is a former grain watermill on the Stiemer. Its historical function gives cultural planning a distinctive focus. The Sint-Rochus Chapel is also noteworthy. It is protected as a monument and represents the old folk tradition of erecting shrines at important crossroads and along roads. The chapel’s current form dates from 1850. A significantly older foundation is suspected, as a small hut with an unconsecrated altar is said to have already been mentioned there in 1626. Those interested in regional architectural and everyday history will find a tangible connection to Diepenbeek’s past here.

When choosing your holiday apartment in Diepenbeek, you can therefore consider which combination should shape your stay: nature and hiking junctions, sports and play, bicycle discoveries or cultural history. The individual experiences appeal to different interests within a single trip.

More destinations for travel planning

If you would like to compare other places in addition to Diepenbeek, you can also include Zonhoven, Hechtel-Eksel, Sint-Truiden, Bilzen, Ellikom, Zutendaal, Lummen and Bocholt in your further search.

For the higher-level travel overview: Limburg.