landmark
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Flénu
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Flénu
Flénu is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Frameries, 41km from Hallerbos.
Flénu is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 5,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Frameries, about 4 km away.
Flénu (French pronunciation: [fleny]; Walloon: Flinnu) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. The municipality of Flénu was formed on 8 June 1870, when it was detached from the municipality of Jemappes. In 1971, Flénu was merged into Jemappes. On 1 JanuaryRead more
1977, Jemappes was merged into Mons.
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What is there to see near Flénu?
Within an hour or so of Flénu: Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (16 km), Pairi Daiza (16 km), Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (19 km), Nivelles-Baulers (37 km).
Are there any good drives near Flénu?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Flénu?
Flénu is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Frameries.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,704
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.4367, 3.8857
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Worth the detour from Flénu
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Pairi Daiza
Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
19 km · about 20 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.
37 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
41 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
46 km · about 55 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
49 km · about 55 min drive
historic highway
Chimay Street Circuit
A 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.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Flénu
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 51 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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