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Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Saint-Gilles
Brussels Capital, Belgium · Europe
About Saint-Gilles
Saint-Gilles works well as a base: 5 minutes from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 14km from Hallerbos.
Saint-Gilles is in Brussels Capital, Belgium, with about 50,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, about 4 km away.
Saint-Gilles (French, pronounced [sɛ̃ ʒil] ) or Sint-Gillis (Dutch, pronounced [sɪntˈxɪlɪs] ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Anderlecht, Forest and Ixelles. Like all municipalities in Brussels,Read more
it is officially bilingual (French–Dutch).
Saint-Gilles has a multicultural identity stemming from its diverse population. The housing stock varies from semi-derelict tenements near Brussels-South railway station in the north, to elegant bourgeois houses on the southern borders with Uccle and Ixelles, to tourist hotels at the inner end of the Chaussée de Charleroi/Charleroisesteenweg.
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What is there to see near Saint-Gilles?
Within an hour or so of Saint-Gilles: Grand-Place (2 km), Manneken Pis (2 km), Autoworld Brussels (4 km), Villa Empain (4 km).
Are there any good drives near Saint-Gilles?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.
Where is Saint-Gilles?
Saint-Gilles is in Brussels Capital, Belgium, about 4 km from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 50,221
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Brussels Capital
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8276, 4.3439
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Worth the detour from Saint-Gilles
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
2 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
4 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Villa Empain
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.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
7 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
14 km · about 25 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.
17 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Saint-Gilles
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 71 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.
- 71 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
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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