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Frans Timmermans and Lebonese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil
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Bassilly

Wallonia, Belgium · Europe

About Bassilly

Bassilly works well as a base: 10 minutes from Bever, 24km from Hallerbos.

Bassilly is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 2,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bever, about 4 km away.

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What is there to see near Bassilly?

Within an hour or so of Bassilly: Pairi Daiza (11 km), Hallerbos (24 km), Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (25 km), Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (26 km).

Are there any good drives near Bassilly?

The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.

Where is Bassilly?

Bassilly is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Bever.

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Quick Information

Population
2,204
Continent
Europe
Country
Belgium
Region
Wallonia
Timezone
Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
50.6763, 3.9339

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Belgium

Police
101
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right
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Worth the detour from Bassilly

8 notable places within an hour's 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.

11 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.

24 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift

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.

25 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts

Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.

26 km · about 30 min drive

racetrack

Nivelles-Baulers

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.

28 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Lion's Mound Waterloo

A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.

33 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Grand-Place

Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

35 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Manneken Pis

Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.

35 km · about 40 min drive

Driving roads near Bassilly

4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.

  • 73 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
  • 78 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.
  • 78 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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