landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Braine-l'Alleud
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Braine-l'Alleud
Braine-l'Alleud works well as a base: 10 minutes from Waterloo, 8km from Hallerbos.
Braine-l'Alleud is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 38,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Waterloo, about 4 km away.
Braine-l'Alleud (French: [bʁɛn lalø] ; Walloon: Brinne-l'-Alou; Dutch: Eigenbrakel [ˈɛiɣə(m)ˌbraːkəl] ) is a municipality of Wallonia, in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Brussels.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-l'Alleud (including theRead more
hamlet of Sart-Moulin), Lillois-Witterzée, and Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch speakers.
The famous Lion of Waterloo, where the eponymous battle took place, is in the territory of Braine-l'Alleud.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Braine-l'Alleud?
Within an hour or so of Braine-l'Alleud: Lion's Mound Waterloo (3 km), Hallerbos (8 km), Nivelles-Baulers (8 km), Villa Empain (14 km).
Are there any good drives near Braine-l'Alleud?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Braine-l'Alleud?
Braine-l'Alleud is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Waterloo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 37,512
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.6836, 4.3678
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Worth the detour from Braine-l'Alleud
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
8 km · about 15 min drive
racetrack
Nivelles-Baulers
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
8 km · about 15 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
15 km · about 30 min 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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Braine-l'Alleud
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 70 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
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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