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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Zellik
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Zellik
Zellik works well as a base: 5 minutes from Wemmel, 19km from Hallerbos.
Zellik is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Wemmel, about 4 km away.
Zellik is an urbanised town with over 8,000 inhabitants in the municipality of Asse, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. As a suburb on the northwest edge of Brussels, it is separated from the rest of the agglomeration by the R0 ring road around the city. It is close to the municipalities of Jette, GanshorenRead more
and Sint-Agatha-Berchem, which lie to the east.
The official language is Dutch (as everywhere in Flanders). Zellik is home to a minority of French-speakers.
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What is there to see near Zellik?
Within an hour or so of Zellik: Atomium (5 km), Grand-Place (7 km), Manneken Pis (7 km), Autoworld Brussels (10 km).
Are there any good drives near Zellik?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.
Where is Zellik?
Zellik is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Wemmel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,874
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.8841, 4.2732
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Worth the detour from Zellik
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.
7 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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
10 km · about 20 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.
12 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
19 km · about 20 min 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Zellik
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 63 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.
- 63 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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