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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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Kortenberg
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Kortenberg
Kortenberg works well as a base: 5 minutes from Nederokkerzeel, 16km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Kortenberg is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nederokkerzeel, about 4 km away.
Kortenberg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔrtə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; French: Cortenbergh) is a Belgian municipality located in the province of Flemish Brabant, about halfway between the cities of Brussels and Leuven. The municipality comprises the subdivisions or deelgemeenten of Erps-Kwerps, Everberg, Kortenberg proper and Meerbeek.Read more
On 1 January 2013 Kortenberg had a total population of 19,393. The total area is 34.52 km2 which gives a population density of about 562 inhabitants per km2. In the southern part of Everberg there is also a hamlet called Vrebos, while between Erps-Kwerps and Meerbeek there is another hamlet called Schoonaarde, which can be found in the proximity of the train station of Erps-Kwerps.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Kortenberg?
Within an hour or so of Kortenberg: Leuven Town Hall (11 km), Autoworld Brussels (12 km), Grand-Place (14 km), Manneken Pis (14 km).
Are there any good drives near Kortenberg?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Brouwersdam and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Kortenberg?
Kortenberg is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Nederokkerzeel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,774
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8898, 4.5435
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Worth the detour from Kortenberg
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
12 km · about 20 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.
14 km · about 25 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.
14 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.
14 km · about 25 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
16 km · about 20 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Kortenberg
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.
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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