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Watermael-Boitsfort works well as a base: 5 minutes from Etterbeek, 14km from Hallerbos.
Watermael-Boitsfort is in Brussels Capital, Belgium, with about 25,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Etterbeek, about 4 km away.
Watermael-Boitsfort (French, pronounced [watɛʁmal bwafɔʁ] ) or Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Dutch, pronounced [ˈʋaːtərmaːl ˈbɔsfoːrdə] ; archaic spelling: Watermael-Boschvoorde), often simply called Boitsfort in French or Bosvoorde in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located inRead more
the south-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by Auderghem, the City of Brussels (namely the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos), Ixelles, and Uccle, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Hoeilaart, Overijse and Sint-Genesius-Rode. Like all municipalities in Brussels, it is officially bilingual (French–Dutch).
As of 1 January 2022, the municipality had a population of 25,187 inhabitants. The total area is 12.97 km2 (5.01 sq mi) of which 58% is covered by the Sonian Forest, which gives a population density of 1,942/km2 (5,030/sq mi), four times less than the average of Brussels. Its average annual income per inhabitant is also the highest in the region (€25,063 in 2020).
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Within an hour or so of Watermael-Boitsfort: Villa Empain (2 km), Autoworld Brussels (5 km), Grand-Place (7 km), Manneken Pis (7 km).
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Baraque de Fraiture.
Watermael-Boitsfort is in Brussels Capital, Belgium, about 4 km from Etterbeek.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
12 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
13 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
14 km · about 25 min drive
museum
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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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