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Ghent
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Zingem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Zingem
Zingem is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Ouwegem, 18km from Gravensteen.
Zingem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 6,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ouwegem, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Zingem?
Within an hour or so of Zingem: Ghent (17 km), Saint Bavo's Cathedral Ghent (17 km), Gravensteen (18 km), Pairi Daiza (39 km).
Are there any good drives near Zingem?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road, Brouwersdam and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Zingem?
Zingem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Ouwegem.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,588
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9041, 3.6530
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Worth the detour from Zingem
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Saint Bavo's Cathedral Ghent
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
17 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Gravensteen
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Pairi Daiza
Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Bruges Markt
The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
45 km · about 50 min drive
cafe
Café Vlissinghe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
45 km · about 50 min drive
film location
Belfry of Bruges (In Bruges)
The 83m medieval belfry that Ray climbs and falls from in the climax of In Bruges.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Zingem
- 53 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.
- 53 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
- 60 kmKoninklijke Baan Coast RoadThe N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.
- 80 kmOosterscheldekeringThe colossal storm-surge barrier crossing the Oosterschelde, the showpiece of Holland's Delta Works flood defences.
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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