Interesting places to discover!  

Province of Namur

Gembloux

  • Remains of urban walls (12th century).
      

  • Former Benedictine Abbey: Founded in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 18th shortly before his removal, it houses the University Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
      

  • Feodal castle of Corroy (13th century).
      

  • Belfry (UNESCO added it to the World Heritage list in 2005) 

Namur (15 km) 

·          Old fortifications of the Citadel (15th century); from this place a beautiful panorama over the city.

·          Nice pedestrian streets in the old center of the city.

·          Cathedral Saint-Aubain (1751). 

Maredsous (30 km) 

·          Abbey founded in 1872 by Benedictine monks. 

Dinant (50 km) 

·          Citadel (1821): inside the walls of the fortress Museum of Arms and from there a magnificent view over the city.

·          Collegiate Church of Our Lady.

·          Cruise on the River Meuse. 

Lavaux-Sainte-Anne (65 km) 

·          Castle (14-15th century) 

Han-sur-Lesse (70 km) 

·          Grotto of Han: 3 km of increasingly beautiful chambers and passages undergroud.
Wildlife reserve.

Province of Walloon Brabant

Louvain-la-Neuve (15 km) 

·          The newest Belgian town built from 1970 when the french part of the Université catholique de Louvain moved from Leuven towards Brabant wallon . A pedestrian center with many restaurants, cinemas and shops. The Hergé museum

Wavre (17 km)

·          Walibi and Aqualibi: more than 50 attractions on land, on water and in the air.

Villers-la-Ville (20 km) 

·          Majestic ruins of the Cistercian abbey founded in 1146 at the instigation of Saint-Bernard. 

Nivelles (30 km) 

·          Romanesque Collegiate Church Sainte Gertrude: one of the most sumptuous examples of Romanesque architecture of the 11th century 

La Hulpe (35 km)

·         Solvay domain: large public park (220 hectares), nice château (1840) and exhibition of 300 works of  the artist Jean-Michel Folon in the farm of the château. 

Waterloo (40 km) 

·          Site of the Napoleon's last Battle (1815): the Lion Mount and museums


Province of Hainaut

Mons (64 km)

Mons 2015: European capital of culture

Brugelette (78 km)

Pairi Daiza : Voted best zoo and park in Belgium and the Netherlands. Two Pandas and more than 5000 animals.

 

Brussels (50 km) 

·          The beautiful Market Place surrounded by the Gothic Town Hall (1449), the House of the King (1515), ancient guilt houses (1695) and many small pedestrian streets.

·          Square of Grand Sablon: Church (1550), antic shops.

·          Gothic Cathedral St.-Michael and St.-Gudule (from 13th to 18th century).

·          Many museums: Fine Arts, Military, Musical instruments, Natural sciences, Autoworld,...

·          and the Atomium, Mini-Europe 

To the Ardennes 

Bastogne (115 km) 

·          Historical center and American Memorial of the Battle of the Bulge (december 1944). A 30-minute film telling the story of the Battle and a collection uniforms, weapons and equipment of the combatants. 

Bouillon (130 km) 

·          Castle (11th century) of Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade (1095-1099). The oldest and most interesting of feudalism in Belgium. 

Orval (145 km) 

·          Ruins of the old Cistercian Abbey founded in 1132 and destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution.

·          New Abbey build from 1935 to 1948.

·          Production by the monks of a Trappist Beer and specific cheese.


In Flanders 

Leuven (35 km)

·          Old university founded in 1425.

·          Magnificent monuments like the Gothic Town Hall and Saint Peter's Church (15th century).

·          Great Beguinage: more than 70 houses and convents (17th century). 

Mechelen (75 km) 

·          Town Hall (14-17th century): one part Gothic and the other Baroque.

·          Palace of Margaretha of Austria ((16th century).

·          St.-Rombouts Cathedral (16-17th century). 

Antwerpen (90 km) 

·          The city of great painters such as Rubens and Van Dijck.

·          Town Hall (1565): a Renaissance building on the Market Square

·          Cathedral of Our Lady (1352-1584): Belgium largest Gothic Church with inside several masterpieces of P.P. Rubens.

·          Third largest harbour in the world, Antwerpen is also famed for its diamond industry. 

Gent (110 km) 

·          Castle of the Counts (1180)

·          Belfry (13-14th century):

·          Town Hall (1302): a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance styles.

·          Cathedral St.-Baaf (1569): inside the famous painting « The adoration of the lamp of God » of Jan and Hubert Van Eyck (1432). 

Brugge (155 km) 

·          Belfry and Halles (1240)

·          Town Hall (1346)

·          Basilica of the Holy Blood (12th century)

·          Beguinage founded in 1245.

·          Medieval streets. 

 

And many, many others interesting places to discover!