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Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Waterloo
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Waterloo
Waterloo works well as a base: 10 minutes from Braine-l'Alleud, 9km from Hallerbos.
Waterloo is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 30,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Braine-l'Alleud, about 4 km away.
Waterloo (French pronunciation: [watɛʁlo] ; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ; Walloon: Waterlô) is a municipality in Wallonia, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which in 2011 had a population of 29,706 and an area of 21.03 km2 (8.12 sq mi).
Waterloo lies a short distance south of Brussels andRead more
immediately south of the official language border between Flanders and Wallonia. Waterloo is most famous for being the site of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, where Napoleon was defeated in the War of the Seventh Coalition.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Waterloo?
Within an hour or so of Waterloo: Lion's Mound Waterloo (4 km), Hallerbos (9 km), Villa Empain (10 km), Nivelles-Baulers (12 km).
Are there any good drives near Waterloo?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Waterloo?
Waterloo is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Braine-l'Alleud.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,778
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.7147, 4.3991
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Worth the detour from Waterloo
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
9 km · about 15 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.
10 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.
12 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
15 km · about 30 min 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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Waterloo
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 73 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
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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