Quiévrain is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Thulin, 53km from Hallerbos.
Quiévrain is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 6,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Thulin, about 5 km away.
Quiévrain (French pronunciation: [kjevʁɛ̃] ; Picard: Kievrin) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 6,559 inhabitants. The total area is 21.22 km2, giving a population density of 309 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of theRead more following districts: Audregnies, Baisieux, and Quiévrain.
Quiévrain is the border crossing point on the old main Paris-Brussels railway line. As a result, Belgians humorously refer to France (and vice versa) as outre-Quiévrain (beyond Quiévrain).
In the closing days of the First World War, Quiévrain was liberated by the Canadian Expeditionary Force on November 7, 1918, and marks the starting point of the Canadian Route of Remembrance in Belgium.
Within an hour or so of Quiévrain: Pairi Daiza (24 km), Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (31 km), Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (34 km), Vieux Lille (51 km).
Are there any good drives near Quiévrain?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Quiévrain?
Quiévrain is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 5 km from Thulin.
Road trip
Drive to Quiévrain
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
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.
24 km · about 30 min 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
51 km · about 60 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.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
53 km · about 60 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Quiévrain
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
58 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.