Drogenbos works well as a base: 9km from Hallerbos.
Drogenbos is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 4,800 people. You drive on the right here.
Drogenbos (Dutch: [ˈdroːɣə(m)bɔs] , French: [dʁoɡœnbɔs]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Drogenbos proper. On January 1, 2018, Drogenbos had a total population of 5,599. The total area is 2.49 km2 (0.96 sq mi), whichRead more gives a population density of 2,248/km2 (5,820/sq mi). It directly borders the Brussels-Capital Region and is part of the city's urban sprawl, contiguous with Calevoet (Uccle) – it was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery.
The official language of Drogenbos is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. Local French-speakers (77% of the population) enjoy linguistic facilities.
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.
5 km · about 10 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
8 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
9 km · about 15 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.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
14 km · about 25 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Drogenbos
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
74 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.
74 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.