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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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Boutersem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Boutersem
Boutersem is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lovenjoel, 32km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Boutersem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 7,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lovenjoel, about 4 km away.
Boutersem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbʌutərsɛm] ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality now comprises the towns of Boutersem proper, Kerkom, Neervelp, Roosbeek, Vertrijk and Willebringen. On January 1, 2006, Boutersem had a total population of 7,532. The total area isRead more
30.75 km2 which gives a population density of 245 inhabitants per km2.
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What is there to see near Boutersem?
Within an hour or so of Boutersem: Leuven Town Hall (10 km), Musée Hergé (24 km), Autoworld Brussels (31 km), St. Rumbold's Tower (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Boutersem?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Boutersem?
Boutersem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Lovenjoel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,702
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8411, 4.8337
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Worth the detour from Boutersem
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
24 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
34 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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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