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Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Tienen
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Tienen
Tienen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Sint-Martens, 38km from Villers Abbey.
Tienen is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 32,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sint-Martens, about 4 km away.
Tienen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtinə(n)] ; French: Tirlemont [tiʁləmɔ̃]) is a city and municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises Tienen itself and the towns of Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Margriete-Houtem and Vissenaken.
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January 2026, Tienen had a total population of 36.962. The total area is 71.77 km2 (27.71 sq mi), which gives a population density of 444 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,150/sq mi).
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What is there to see near Tienen?
Within an hour or so of Tienen: Leuven Town Hall (18 km), Musée Hergé (27 km), Circuit Zolder (30 km), Autoworld Brussels (38 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Tienen?
Tienen is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Sint-Martens.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 31,743
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8075, 4.9378
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Worth the detour from Tienen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Musée Hergé
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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
38 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
38 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
39 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Citadel of Namur
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
39 km · about 45 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Tienen
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 76 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 77 kmGileppe DamA 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
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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