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St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Kampenhout
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Kampenhout
Kampenhout works well as a base: 5 minutes from Steenokkerzeel, 11km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Kampenhout is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 1,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Steenokkerzeel, about 4 km away.
Kampenhout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɑmpə(n)ɦʌut]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Berg, Buken, Kampenhout proper and Nederokkerzeel. On 1 January 2006 Kampenhout had a total population of 10,956. The total area is 33.49 km2 which gives aRead more
population density of 327 inhabitants per km2.
Honorary citizenship has been bestowed upon Jules Penninckx, Armand Preud'homme, cyclist Raymond Impanis, singer Will Tura, athlete Kim Gevaert and Stef Maginelle.
Sabena Flight 548 crashed near Berg on 15 February 1961, killing all on board, as well as one person on the ground.
The Brabant Center for Music Traditions was established in Kampenhout, it shows a collection of traditional folk music and changing expositions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Kampenhout?
Within an hour or so of Kampenhout: St. Rumbold's Tower (11 km), Leuven Town Hall (13 km), Atomium (16 km), Autoworld Brussels (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Kampenhout?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Brouwersdam and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Kampenhout?
Kampenhout is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Steenokkerzeel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,538
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9421, 4.5510
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Worth the detour from Kampenhout
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
13 km · about 25 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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
16 km · about 30 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.
18 km · about 20 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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Kampenhout
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 71 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.
- 71 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
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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