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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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Lobbes
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Lobbes
Lobbes is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Fontaine-Valmont, 40km from Hallerbos.
Lobbes is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 5,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fontaine-Valmont, about 5 km away.
Lobbes (French pronunciation: [lɔb] ; Walloon: Lôbe) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Lobbes had a total population of 5,499. The total area is 32.08 km2 which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the followingRead more
districts: Bienne-lez-Happart, Lobbes, Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, and Sars-la-Buissière.
The town grew up round Lobbes Abbey, a religious house established here in about 650. The Collegiate Church of Saint Ursmer, that dominates the town from a hill above the Sambre, was built as a burial church for the abbots and monks, largely dates from the 9th century. It is the oldest still functional church in Belgium and an unusually well-preserved example of Carolingian architecture.
The tramway of the ASVi runs through Lobbes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Lobbes?
Within an hour or so of Lobbes: Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (17 km), Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (18 km), Nivelles-Baulers (30 km), Villers Abbey (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Lobbes?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Lobbes?
Lobbes is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 5 km from Fontaine-Valmont.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,467
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.3526, 4.2672
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Worth the detour from Lobbes
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
18 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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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.
37 km · about 45 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.
38 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Lobbes
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 32 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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