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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Tournai
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Tournai
Tournai is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Kain, 23km from Vieux Lille.
Tournai is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 70,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kain, about 4 km away.
Tournai ( toor-NAY, French: [tuʁnɛ] ; Picard: Tornai; Walloon: Tornè [tɔʀnɛ] ; Dutch: Doornik [ˈdoːrnɪk] , sometimes anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on theRead more
river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai. In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.
Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, and Clovis I was born here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Tournai?
Within an hour or so of Tournai: Vieux Lille (23 km), Pairi Daiza (35 km), Menin Gate (44 km), In Flanders Fields Museum (45 km).
Are there any good drives near Tournai?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Tournai?
Tournai is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Kain.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 69,554
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.6071, 3.3893
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Worth the detour from Tournai
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Pairi Daiza
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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Menin Gate
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
50 km · about 60 min drive
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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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Ghent
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Tournai
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 78 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.
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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