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St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Beerzel
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Beerzel
Beerzel works well as a base: 5 minutes from Schriek, 14km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Beerzel is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 6,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Schriek, about 4 km away.
Beerzel (Dutch: [ˈbeːrzəl] ) is a Belgian village in Antwerp Province and a deelgemeente of the municipality Putte. Beerzel was a municipality until 1977, at which time it had an area of 7.83 square kilometres (3.02 sq mi) with 4,971 inhabitants in 1995. At 51.6 metres (169 ft), Antwerp's highest point—theRead more
Beerzelberg—is located in Beerzel.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Beerzel?
Within an hour or so of Beerzel: St. Rumbold's Tower (14 km), Leuven Town Hall (20 km), Antwerp Zoo (25 km), Antwerpen-Centraal (25 km).
Are there any good drives near Beerzel?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Chimay Street Circuit and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Beerzel?
Beerzel is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Schriek.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,077
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.0575, 4.6713
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Worth the detour from Beerzel
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Plantin-Moretus Museum
The world's oldest surviving printing house, run by the Plantin family in Antwerp from 1576 to 1867 and the only museum on the UNESCO World Heritage list: complete with the two oldest printing presses in existence and a Gutenberg Bible.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Beerzel
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 70 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.
- 70 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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