This bike tour starts in Liebroek, near Diest. This rural route leads you through the wide valley area of the Grote Gete, full of grasslands, lined with hedges and rows of poplars. In Budingen you can see where Kleine and Grote Gete merge into a river. You drive a long way here on the so-called IJzeren Weg, a former railway track that connects three towns in the east of the province of Flemish Brabant: Tienen, Zoutleeuw and Diest. It is now more than a quarter of a century ago that a train passed here: passenger traffic on this railway line was stopped as early as 1957 and in 1966 the last freight train ran between Halen, Geetbets and Diest. Now that it has been set up as a cycle path, you can cycle here undisturbed for miles, without being bothered by any car traffic. Only at the beautiful village of Neerlinter do you bend off the old track - fortunately, because that way you can immediately look around here from your bike. Further on, in Hoeleden you really have to get off to view the Jacobinahof. In this beautifully restored 18th-century square farmhouse, hostess Jacobina has exhibited her Madonnas in a museum, which also features three centuries of Flemish lace. In the Renaissance room you can marvel at 17th-century furniture, tapestries and Delft pottery. In the herb house, lessons are given in the use of herbs, which come from the herb garden, where vegetables, herbs and flowers grow luxuriantly. The rose garden gives a colorful touch to the whole. Got hungry? In the guest room you can enjoy Hageland delicacies and house specialties. In good spirits you continue pedaling in the direction of Waanrode, the flower village of the Hageland. The village has already won national and European prizes - so it's worth taking a look around before returning to the starting point.