Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Ath is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ormeignies, 34km from Hallerbos.
Ath is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 26,681, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Ath sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Ath to your route.
Ath (French pronunciation: [at] ; Dutch: Aat, Dutch pronunciation: [aːt] ; Picard: Ât; Walloon: Ate) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Arbre, Ath, Bouvignies, Ghislenghien, Gibecq, Houtaing, Irchonwelz, Isières,Read more
Lanquesaint, Ligne, Maffle, Mainvault, Meslin-l'Évêque, Moulbaix, Ormeignies, Ostiches, Rebaix, Villers-Notre-Dame, and Villers-Saint-Amand.
Ath is known as the "City of Giants" after the Ducasse d'Ath festivities which take place every year on the fourth weekend in August. Huge figures representing Goliath, Samson, and other allegoric figures are paraded through the streets, and Goliath's wedding and his famous fight with David are re-enacted.
Ath is the point of origin of the river Dender from the merger of its Eastern and Western branches.
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Ath is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6294 latitude, 3.7780 longitude.
Ath has a population of approximately 26,681 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
47 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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