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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Wezembeek-Oppem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Wezembeek-Oppem
Wezembeek-Oppem works well as a base: 10 minutes from Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, 7km from Autoworld Brussels.
Wezembeek-Oppem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, about 4 km away.
Wezembeek-Oppem (Dutch: [ˈʋeːzəmbeːk ˈɔpəm] ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the centre of Brussels. The municipality only comprises the town of Wezembeek-Oppem proper. On January 1, 2016, Wezembeek-Oppem had a total population ofRead more
14,095. The total area is 6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi), which gives a population density of 2,066/km2 (5,350/sq mi). It is essentially a suburb of Brussels and was a component of the short-lived Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery, although it does not directly adjoin any part of the Brussels-Capital Region. The Brussels Ring (R0) orbital motorway bisects the municipality.
Wezembeek-Oppem is home to a large community of international expatriates, in part because of the presence of the Internationale Deutsche Schule Brüssel (iDSB) in Wezembeek-Oppem itself, and the British School of Brussels in nearby Tervuren.
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What is there to see near Wezembeek-Oppem?
Within an hour or so of Wezembeek-Oppem: Autoworld Brussels (7 km), Villa Empain (9 km), Grand-Place (10 km), Manneken Pis (10 km).
Are there any good drives near Wezembeek-Oppem?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Brouwersdam.
Where is Wezembeek-Oppem?
Wezembeek-Oppem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Sint-Stevens-Woluwe.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,245
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8395, 4.4943
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Worth the detour from Wezembeek-Oppem
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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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.
19 km · about 20 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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Wezembeek-Oppem
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 76 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.
- 76 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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