museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Kraainem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Kraainem
Kraainem works well as a base: 5 minutes from Nossegem, 19km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Kraainem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nossegem, about 4 km away.
Kraainem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkraːinɛm] ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Kraainem proper. On January 1, 2006, Kraainem had a total population of 13,150. The total area is 5.80 km2 (2.24 sq mi), which gives aRead more
population density of 2,266/km2 (5,870/sq mi). A suburb of Brussels, it directly borders the Stockel/Stokkel and Kapelleveld neighbourhoods (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality) within the city, and was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery.
Kraainem is a municipality with language facilities in Flanders, where the sole official language is Dutch. In 1954, however, special linguistic facilities were granted to local French speakers, who were then still a minority. They can request official documents from the local administration in French. Today, a majority of the inhabitants are French-speaking.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Kraainem?
Within an hour or so of Kraainem: Autoworld Brussels (6 km), Grand-Place (8 km), Villa Empain (8 km), Manneken Pis (9 km).
Are there any good drives near Kraainem?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Brouwersdam and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Kraainem?
Kraainem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Nossegem.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,815
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8616, 4.4695
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Worth the detour from Kraainem
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
8 km · about 15 min drive
museum
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.
8 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.
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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
16 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
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.
19 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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Kraainem
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 73 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.
- 73 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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