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Overijse works well as a base: 5 minutes from Huldenberg, 11km from Villa Empain.
Overijse is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Huldenberg, about 4 km away.
Overijse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːvərɛisə]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Maleizen, Jezus-Eik, Tombeek and Terlanen.Read more
On January 1, 2023, Overijse had a total population of 25,962. The total area is 44.99 km2 (17.37 sq mi), which gives a population density of 549/km2 (1,420/sq mi). Overijse is surrounded by an extensive woodlands (Sonian Forest), with paths for walking and cycling.
The official language of Overijse is Dutch. The municipality is home to a minority of French-speaking residents and, according to a 2023 census, to 4,389 expatriates including 716 Dutch, 402 French, 389 Romanians, 306 Polish and 281 Germans.
In 1952, Albert Lootvoet, a local brewer started brewing Leffe beer. The Leffe beers were brewed in Overijse from 1952 until 1977, when the Artois breweries bought out the local brewer.
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Within an hour or so of Overijse: Villa Empain (11 km), Autoworld Brussels (12 km), Musée Hergé (13 km), Lion's Mound Waterloo (14 km).
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Brouwersdam.
Overijse is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Huldenberg.
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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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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