Editing Dilbeek (section)

==Sights==
[[Image:Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 029.jpg|thumb|upright|Church of Sint-Anna-Pede, as painted by [[Peter Brueghel the Elder]] in ''[[The Parable of the Blind]]'']]

* The imposing [[Groot-Bijgaarden Castle|castle of Groot-Bijgaarden]] was built in 1640 around a 14th-century [[keep]]. Nearby is the Sint-Wivina domain, where ruins of the original abbey still stand.
* Dilbeek's local authority offices, also known as the [[de Viron Castle]], was built in 1863 in [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor-style]] on the ruins of a 14th-century fortification. One of the [[medieval]] towers, the ''Sint-Alenatoren'', can still be seen in the park surrounding the current building. On his visit to this fort, [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] was reportedly served rabbit instead of his favourite [[hare]], which resulted in the nickname ''konijnenfretters'' (rabbit eaters) for the inhabitants of Dilbeek. Several other buildings of interest (farm, ice cellar, stagecoach building) can also be found in the park
* The rural communes contain numerous old farms, including ''Het Neerhof'', a 13th-century building that belonged to the abbey of [[Forest, Belgium|Forest]].
* The tower of the ''Sint-Ambrosiuskerk'' (church of Saint-Ambrose) dates from the same century.
* The main church of Sint-Anna-Pede (Itterbeek) was the model used by [[Peter Brueghel the Elder]] in his 1568 painting ''[[The Parable of the Blind]]'' currently in [[Naples]]. The village now houses a Brueghel museum as well as a restored [[watermill]] dating from 1776.
* Dilbeek also houses an interesting tram museum, tracing the history of this local mode of transportation since its beginning in 1887.
* The village of Sint-Gertrudis-Pede (Schepdaal) is the location of Payottenland's only working watermill, a centuries-old building thoroughly renovated in the eighties and nineties.
* [[Brewery Angerik]], a microbrewery that brews [[ale]]s, [[lambic]] beers and a [[lager]].