Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Ruisbroek works well as a base: 5 minutes from Forest, 9km from Hallerbos.
Ruisbroek is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 7,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Forest, about 4 km away.
Ruisbroek is a village in the municipality of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Previously a separate municipality, it became a deelgemeente of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw in 1977. Due to its proximity to the Brussels-Capital Region, the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, the Zenne river, the railwayRead more
Brussels—Mons—Quévy and the Brussels outer ring (R0), the ward is heavily urbanised.
Ruisbroek has a railway station along the line Leuven—Braine-le-Comte. It is only 6 minutes to the Brussels south station. It is home to a large community of French-speakers. Ruisbroek has become popular with young families who wish to stay close to Brussels, but due to the house pricing have opted to move a little further from the city. The path along the canal offers a peaceful place for walking or cycling.
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Within an hour or so of Ruisbroek: Villa Empain (6 km), Grand-Place (7 km), Manneken Pis (7 km), Autoworld Brussels (9 km).
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.
Ruisbroek is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Forest.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
7 km · about 15 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
9 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
9 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
12 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
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
racetrack
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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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