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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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Begijnendijk
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Begijnendijk
Begijnendijk is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Betekom, 21km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Begijnendijk is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 9,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Betekom, about 4 km away.
Begijnendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [bəˈɣɛinə(n)ˌdɛik] ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Begijnendijk proper and Betekom. On January 1, 2006, Begijnendijk had a total population of 9,400. The total area is 17.62 km² which gives a populationRead more
density of 534 inhabitants per km². The official spoken language is Dutch.
On the 25th of July 2019, the hottest ever recorded in Belgium was recorded in Begijnendijk, the town recording a temperature of 41.8 °C (107.2 °F), beating the temperature of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) recorded in Angleur, recorded just the previous day.
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What is there to see near Begijnendijk?
Within an hour or so of Begijnendijk: Leuven Town Hall (17 km), St. Rumbold's Tower (21 km), Circuit Zolder (33 km), Antwerp Zoo (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Begijnendijk?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Baraque de Fraiture and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Begijnendijk?
Begijnendijk is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Betekom.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,178
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.0194, 4.7838
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Worth the detour from Begijnendijk
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
33 km · about 40 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
34 km · about 40 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.
34 km · about 40 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Begijnendijk
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 79 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.
- 79 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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