museum
Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Bruay-la-Buissière
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
About Bruay-la-Buissière
Bruay-la-Buissière is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Gosnay, 19km from Louvre-Lens.
Bruay-la-Buissière is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Gosnay, about 4 km away.
Bruay-la-Buissière (French pronunciation: [bʁyɛ la bɥisjɛʁ] ; West Flemish: Bruwaei, Picard: Brouay-l'Bussière) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
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What is there to see near Bruay-la-Buissière?
Within an hour or so of Bruay-la-Buissière: Louvre-Lens (19 km), Canadian National Vimy Memorial (20 km), Vieux Lille (40 km), In Flanders Fields Museum (47 km).
Are there any good drives near Bruay-la-Buissière?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Bruay-la-Buissière?
Bruay-la-Buissière is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 4 km from Gosnay.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 24,474
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 50.4833, 2.5500
Emergency & Services
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
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Worth the detour from Bruay-la-Buissière
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
In de Vrede
The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Menin Gate
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Thiepval Memorial
Lutyens' immense brick arch commemorates 72,000 missing of the Battle of the Somme.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Bruay-la-Buissière
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 77 kmCap Blanc-NezDazzling white chalk cliffs on the Opal Coast with views across the Channel to England on clear days.
Driving in France
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.85/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€10.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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