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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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Zaventem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Zaventem
Zaventem works well as a base: 5 minutes from Melsbroek, 16km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Zaventem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 28,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Melsbroek, about 4 km away.
Zaventem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzaːvəntɛm]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is located in the Dijleland area, one of the three large recreational areas which together form the Groene Gordel ("Green Belt") around the Brussels-Capital Region. The municipalityRead more
comprises the subdivisions or deelgemeenten of Nossegem, Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Sterrebeek and Zaventem proper. The municipality is a suburb of Brussels, and Sint-Stevens-Woluwe directly borders the city, specifically the Woluwe-Saint-Lambert municipality.
On 1 January 2025, Zaventem had a total population of 37,271. The total area is 27.62 km2 (10.66 sq mi), which gives a population density of 1,037/km2 (2,690/sq mi). The official language of Zaventem is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. Zaventem is the home of Brussels Airport, together with neighbouring town of Diegem.
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What is there to see near Zaventem?
Within an hour or so of Zaventem: Autoworld Brussels (7 km), Grand-Place (9 km), Atomium (9 km), Manneken Pis (10 km).
Are there any good drives near Zaventem?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Brouwersdam and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Zaventem?
Zaventem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Melsbroek.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 28,188
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8837, 4.4730
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Worth the detour from Zaventem
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
9 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.
9 km · about 15 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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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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
16 km · about 20 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.
16 km · about 20 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Zaventem
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 72 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.
- 72 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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