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In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Geluwe
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Geluwe
Geluwe works well as a base: 10 minutes from Wervik, 14km from In Flanders Fields Museum.
Geluwe is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 6,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Wervik, about 4 km away.
Geluwe (Hilwe in West Flemish) is a town in the West Flemish province of Belgium. It is contained within the municipality of Wervik. The town is known for the "yawning festival" (Dutch: gapersfeesten). The name Geluwe comes from the word gilwe, old West Flemish for yellow, because the soil is more yellow than the restRead more
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What is there to see near Geluwe?
Within an hour or so of Geluwe: In Flanders Fields Museum (14 km), Menin Gate (14 km), Vieux Lille (19 km), In de Vrede (27 km).
Are there any good drives near Geluwe?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road, Brouwersdam and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Geluwe?
Geluwe is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Wervik.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,757
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8098, 3.0770
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Worth the detour from Geluwe
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Menin Gate
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
19 km · about 20 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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Bruges Markt
The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
46 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
Café Vlissinghe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
46 km · about 55 min drive
film location
Belfry of Bruges (In Bruges)
The 83m medieval belfry that Ray climbs and falls from in the climax of In Bruges.
46 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Geluwe
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 52 kmKoninklijke Baan Coast RoadThe N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.
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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