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St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Boortmeerbeek
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Boortmeerbeek
Boortmeerbeek works well as a base: 10 minutes from Haacht, 9km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Boortmeerbeek is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Haacht, about 4 km away.
Boortmeerbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈboːrtmeːrˌbeːk] ) is a town in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Boortmeerbeek proper, Schiplaken and Hever. The total area is 18.64 km2 which gives a population density of 620 inhabitants per km2.
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What is there to see near Boortmeerbeek?
Within an hour or so of Boortmeerbeek: St. Rumbold's Tower (9 km), Leuven Town Hall (14 km), Atomium (19 km), Autoworld Brussels (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Boortmeerbeek?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Chimay Street Circuit and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Boortmeerbeek?
Boortmeerbeek is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Haacht.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,570
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9793, 4.5744
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Worth the detour from Boortmeerbeek
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Villa Empain
Baron Empain's 1934 marble-and-gilt Art Deco mansion on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, restored by the Boghossian Foundation as an East-West art centre: Brussels' most sumptuous interior after the Horta houses.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Boortmeerbeek
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 69 kmWestern Scheldt TunnelAt 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
- 69 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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