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Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Bouwel
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Bouwel
Bouwel works well as a base: 5 minutes from Herenthout, 24km from Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp.
Bouwel is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 3,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Herenthout, about 4 km away.
Bouwel is a deelgemeente in the Belgian province of Antwerp; it is attached to the municipality of Grobbendonk.
The village was first mentioned in 994 or 997 as Odlobolo. Bouwel used to be owned by the Lords of Grobbendonk until 1487, when it became an independent heerlijkheid. The domain of the Bouwelhof CastleRead more
covered the northern eastern part of Bouwel.
Bouwel was an independent municipality until 1977 when it became part of Grobbendonk.
The grist mill Molen van Bouwen is a wooden windmill. The first windmill was built between 1789 and 1791, but set on fire in October 1914. In 1925, a new windmill was built. In November 1940, a sail was lost in a storm, and no longer in service after the war. In 1973, it was restored. Even though it is used as a holiday home, the wind mill is regularly in service and grinds grain.
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What is there to see near Bouwel?
Within an hour or so of Bouwel: Antwerp Zoo (23 km), Antwerpen-Centraal (23 km), Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp (24 km), St. Rumbold's Tower (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Bouwel?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Bouwel?
Bouwel is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Herenthout.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,047
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.1729, 4.7418
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Worth the detour from Bouwel
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
23 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
24 km · about 30 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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Plantin-Moretus Museum
The world's oldest surviving printing house, run by the Plantin family in Antwerp from 1576 to 1867 and the only museum on the UNESCO World Heritage list: complete with the two oldest printing presses in existence and a Gutenberg Bible.
24 km · about 30 min 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.
33 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.
41 km · about 50 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Bouwel
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.
- 77 kmZeeland BridgeElegant 5 km bridge over the Oosterschelde estuary, the longest in the Netherlands when opened in 1965. Its endless procession of arches makes one of the country's most photogenic drives.
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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