1. With recreation center De Nekker (V) on your left, you leave for junction 57. You cycle between sports fields and Utopolis to the dike of the Afleidingsdijle. Follow it to the left until point 57 at the weir. Now you cycle along the Dijle, direction 64, with recreation area De Nekker on the left and the Mechels Broek nature reserve further on. In the meadows you might see Galloway cattle grazing. Continue cycling to the bridge in Muizen. Just in front of it are the visitor centre Mechels Rivierengebied of Natuurpunt and café Brughuis (1), the exterior of the 'Jan en alleman' in the TV series Familie. You are now at junction 64. Do not cross the bridge, but cycle straight ahead towards 73. Ignore the road to Bonheiden on the left and continue cycling along the towpath, no longer paved from here. The Dijle winds through an open meadow landscape, with a beautiful view of the village of Rijmenam on the left. Continue cycling to the bridge with junction 73. Turn left and opposite the Sint-Elooikapel turn right into Hoogstraat, direction 74. You cycle past the De Wed (www.dewed.be) which is integrated into a horse museum and don't care about side streets. At the end of a small square with the St. John's Chapel (1870) with pediment and Doric columns on the left into the Kruisstraat. Follow the signs crisscrossing a residential area to the busy Rijmenamseweg. Cross over and continue cycling along the Duinenweg. At the end turn left, until you reach the Weynesbaan. Follow it to the right and turn left at the first intersection into the Oude Schrieksebaan. Now on a wide concrete road along forest strips, sports fields, poles that serve as traffic inhibitors and spacious buildings up to junction 74. Keep cycling straight ahead, towards 01, and don't worry about side roads until you can turn right into Harentstraat. At the crossroads with café Moped straight ahead. Ignore all side roads and continue cycling straight as Harentstraat becomes Peulisbaan.

Torekenswaver and the greenhouses
Just before the Peulis nameplate turn left and past football fields, meadows and boss and until junction 0 Here on the right, direction 37. Cross the N15 and continue cycling through the Dokter Cornilstraat. At the fork, take the Zwitserstraat on the right. You cross a priority road and turn right on the T, continue to the intersection with the Groenstraat. Turn left and then the first street on the left, the Hoogstraat, past a greenhouse complex, B&B Amaryllis and some spacious buildings. Turn the Kegelslei to the right. On the left you see the towers of Our Lady. Wavre, also called Torekenswwer. Along meadows and greenhouses to junction 37 on the Leemstraat. Follow it to the left, direction 36, until the center of O.-L.-V. Wavre. At the intersection with mandatory stop you cross the road and cycle next to tavern 't Klavertje between the poles into the Vinkenhofstraat. On the right is the beautiful Ursuline Monastery (2). Continue cycling between a school and the monastery wall and turn right on the T. At junction 36 you continue to follow the Kerkhoflei, direction 35. At the end turn right. Opposite the historic monastery, take the first road on the left, the Erfstraat. You cycle past a bunker and loose buildings out of the center and past some large greenhouses to the T-junction with junction 35. Turn left, direction 49, and follow the winding Boterhoek through a landscape with many greenhouses to the busy Berlaarbaan. Turn right until you reach the traffic lights. Turn left between tavern De Seats and café De Nieuwe Ster and after 500 m turn right into Beekstraat. After 1 km you take woods on the left, past a greenhouse complex and some beautiful farms, one of which is walled.

On the right behind the fields are the nature reserve Tallaarthof and the Juffrouwenbos. At the fork at an electricity cabin, follow Tallaart to the right. To the left of the road are the remains of redoute Tallaart (1910). At junction 49, on Kruisstraat, continue cycling straight ahead, towards 48. Then turn left into Heistraat. Don't worry about side roads and cycle between fields and along a large greenhouse complex to junction 48, at the junction with a chapel. Follow Zuut to the right, direction 40.

Along the Nete
You wind between greenhouses and fields until junction 40 on the Netekanaal and follow that to the left, direction 66. On the other side of the canal you can see the neoclassical Ringenhof (19th century) (3). You can't see it because of the dikes, but the castle with the columns is behind the Nete, which runs almost parallel to the Netekanaal. Just after the locks of Duffel, the Netekanaal joins the Nete. From here you cycle along the Nete. Across the street is the PIME (Provincial Institute for Environmental Education). You get the church of Duffel in your sights, pass café d' Oude Post and reach junction 66 a little further. Carefully cross the Duffel-Mechelen road and you continue to follow the Nete towards 56. On the left you can see the reservoirs of AWW. On the other bank are the restored castle ruins Ter Elst and the water purification station of Duffel. At the railway bridge you are at junction 56. Cycle under the bridge and keep following the Nete, direction 55, with the metal industry of Duffel on the other bank. Beyond the industrial zone there are even more reservoirs of the AWW. At a remnant of an old railway bridge you reach junction 55. Cycle down the dike, direction 65. At a crossroads, keep right and cycle along a forest road to the monumental entrance gate (1777) of roosendael abbey (4).
Via the drive you enter the Lange Zandstraat and with a right-left nod you cycle into the Kuikenstraat. Continue to the right on an old railway bed until you reach the traffic lights of the busy Liersesteenweg. Tip: get off here before this intersection because the road goes down a few meters steeply. Cross the intersection and continue to follow the railway bed until you reach Clemenceaustraat. Just left and immediately right into Ekelenhoek. At the end of the street is junction 65. Follow Zorgvliet to the left, direction 24. On the T you follow the Groenstraat to the right, under three railway bridges and left along the railway until junction 24. Here you turn right into Midzelen and follow 43.

To the Midzeelhoeves and 't Grom
It is worthwhile to cycle to the Midzeelhoeves (5) and museum 't Grom. Just before the farms, this tour goes via a narrow asphalt road to Mussepi. Left. Cross the Heisbroekweg and keep following Mussepi through a landscape with many greenhouses. Parallel to the R6 for a while and then away from it. At the end of Mussepi turn right until you reach the busy Mechelsesteenweg. Just left and immediately right into Columbine. At the end, follow the Berkelei to the right and turn left into a one-way street. Carefully cross a priority road and continue cycling next to Call Pizza through the Oude Baan. Then take the first road on the left, the Groothoeveweg, past the name sign of Bonheiden and continue on a narrow asphalt road between the greenery. At the end of this road turn right and at the next fork turn left onto the Gestelhoflei, past the container park and through the fields to junction 43. Turn right, direction 44, and left into Kapelweg, to the busy N15. Cross the Heisbroekweg and immediately turn left; (You are now also on the cycle path eichting "St-Kat-Waver Centrum"). At the end turn right in Strijbroek. If you pay close attention, you will see the entrance to fort Midzelen, an element of the outer fortification belt for the defense of Antwerp in the First World War. From now on, the path winds along and through an agricultural industrial zone. This is also where the BelOrta vegetable auction (6) is located. At junction 43, follow 44. On the Begoniastraat you drive through a residential area. You will eventually arrive at the busy Mechelsesteenweg. Just turn right and immediately cross into the Dr. Laenenstraat. In the middle of fields and fields you drive towards the monastery and college Hagelstein. At the end to the right; you are now on the Berlaarbaan. Continue to the left at the intersection in the Mechelbaan. A little further to the right in the Rozenlaan. At the end turn right in Heiken, under the R6, left-right in the Zwarte Leeuwstraat, left into the Kapelweg to the busy N15. Cross and cycle further between the church and the Ludwina house to the crossroads at Zellaar Castle (1885). You are now at junction 44. Turn right, direction 99. Follow the Oude Baan and keep cycling straight ahead (you ignore some side streets and intersections) until you reach the intersection with the N15 (again). Follow it to the left and turn right at the traffic lights, direction Mechelen. At the traffic lights at the Nekkerhallen you are at junction 99. Cross the busy road and cycle towards 57 to your departure point.