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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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Bavay sits on the route: 10 minutes from La Longueville, 57km from Hallerbos.
Bavay is a town located in Hauts-de-France, France. With a population of 3,414, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Bavay sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bavay to your route.
Bavay (French pronunciation: [bavɛ]) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Currently a small town with about 3,200 inhabitants, it was an important Roman city, capital of the Nervii.
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Bavay is located in Hauts-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 50.2983 latitude, 3.7937 longitude.
Bavay has a population of approximately 3,414 people, making it a town in France.
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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.
31 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
historic highway
A 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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
racetrack
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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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