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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.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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Veltem-Beisem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Veltem-Beisem
Veltem-Beisem works well as a base: 5 minutes from Meerbeek, 17km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Veltem-Beisem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 4,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Meerbeek, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Veltem-Beisem?
Within an hour or so of Veltem-Beisem: Leuven Town Hall (7 km), St. Rumbold's Tower (17 km), Autoworld Brussels (18 km), Atomium (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Veltem-Beisem?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Brouwersdam.
Where is Veltem-Beisem?
Veltem-Beisem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Meerbeek.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,698
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9081, 4.6191
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Worth the detour from Veltem-Beisem
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
17 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Veltem-Beisem
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 77 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.
- 77 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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