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Ghent
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Petegem-aan-de-Leie
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Petegem-aan-de-Leie
Petegem-aan-de-Leie is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nazareth, 16km from Gravensteen.
Petegem-aan-de-Leie is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 10,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nazareth, about 4 km away.
Petegem-aan-de-Leie is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and a borough of Deinze. Petegem-aan-de-Leie is located on the south bank of the river Leie (Lys). The village today forms a single urban core with that of Deinze itself, which is located just across the river.
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What is there to see near Petegem-aan-de-Leie?
Within an hour or so of Petegem-aan-de-Leie: Ghent (16 km), Gravensteen (16 km), Saint Bavo's Cathedral Ghent (17 km), Bruges Markt (34 km).
Are there any good drives near Petegem-aan-de-Leie?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road, Brouwersdam and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Petegem-aan-de-Leie?
Petegem-aan-de-Leie is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Nazareth.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,332
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9667, 3.5333
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Worth the detour from Petegem-aan-de-Leie
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Gravensteen
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
16 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Saint Bavo's Cathedral Ghent
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Bruges Markt
The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
34 km · about 40 min drive
film location
Belfry of Bruges (In Bruges)
The 83m medieval belfry that Ray climbs and falls from in the climax of In Bruges.
34 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
Café Vlissinghe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Menin Gate
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Petegem-aan-de-Leie
- 48 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.
- 48 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
- 49 kmKoninklijke Baan Coast RoadThe N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.
- 74 kmOosterscheldekeringThe colossal storm-surge barrier crossing the Oosterschelde, the showpiece of Holland's Delta Works flood defences.
- 76 kmZeeland BridgeElegant 5 km bridge over the Oosterschelde estuary, the longest in the Netherlands when opened in 1965. Its endless procession of arches makes one of the country's most photogenic drives.
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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