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Demer Monument is a better name. The monument also meanders like the Demer River, which flows alongside it before merging with the Dijle.

If camping is possible, you've come to the right place...

Pole camping zone, where you can pitch a few tents for a maximum of two nights in the heart of the grounds. Source: https://www.visitvlaamsbrabant.be/zien-en-doen/vind-iets-om-te-doen/speelbos-meetshovenbos A sign with the rules is displayed among the photos and on-site, as well as some photos of the facilities (campfire site, eco-toilet, water pump, platform tents).

The Lourdes Grotto was built by the late Jef Van Dessel, a former Aarschot police officer. He cycled from Aarschot to Lourdes several times. From the book "The Little Houses of Aarschot": This collection of grottoes and chapels is located on the property adjacent to Grotstraat and Kleine Grotstraat... This busy pilgrimage site, which dates back to 1954, can be entered through an iron gate... The plot is demarcated with gray-painted concrete slabs and a wire fence at the rear. Within this fence, trees and shrubs are scattered throughout. Pilgrims can use the numerous seating areas arranged in a theater-like fashion. At the front right of the property is the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. A Calvary, also arranged in the form of a grotto, stands centrally on the property. To the left of the Calvary is the chapel of the Brustem Sisters, and to the right is the semi-open chapel of St. Rita. This and more can be found at https://lourdesgrotten.com/2008/11/20/aarschot-grotstraat-20-11-8/

What Jeff said. Four statues of Duracell batteries were there, to be precise. And De Cock, a well-known figure among hikers in the Aarschot area—see https://beeld.be/nl/werken/wilfried-de-cock/de-bat-tery—can explain the rest himself at https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/10/04/oude-durcaell-batterij-in-aarschot-is-gerecycleerd-tot-kunstig-v/ Incidentally, the downsized Duracell is still located nearby.

The Bailey-style Soldiers' Bridge wasn't built over the Demer during the war, but in the 1950s. It doesn't really matter, but we're still grateful to Sir Bailey for his valuable, durable bridges.

Meanders always bring peace to your experience because behind every bend you have a new view of how the river finds its way in the landscape.

This bridge is one of the meeting places along the Demer River marked by a work of art. In this case, beautifully crafted bridge railings and a toll house made of Corten steel were erected on the concrete girder, built in 1986. The carved patterns illuminate at night. The toll house refers to the toll that passersby had to pay to cross the bridge between 1860 and 1900. This bridge was built in 1860 after a meander in the Demer River was straightened. The original wooden bridge was located a little further upstream. Not far from the bridge, on September 2, 1914, the lifeless body of Father Dergent was found. Father Dergent had been captured by German soldiers a few days earlier while transporting wounded residents of Gelrode by horse and cart to the hospital in Aarschot. In Aarschot, he was imprisoned, mocked, and tortured. He was cowardly shot, and his body was thrown into the Demer River. The body was buried in the dike and could only be exhumed and buried in the Gelrode cemetery on September 14th. Source: Jan Rymenams