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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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Bouwel works well as a base: 5 minutes from Herenthout, 24km from Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp.
Bouwel is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 3,047, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Bouwel 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 Bouwel to your route.
Bouwel is a deelgemeente in the Belgian province of Antwerp; it is attached to the municipality of Grobbendonk.
The village was first mentioned in 994 or 997 as Odlobolo. Bouwel used to be owned by the Lords of Grobbendonk until 1487, when it became an independent heerlijkheid. The domain of the Bouwelhof CastleRead more
covered the northern eastern part of Bouwel.
Bouwel was an independent municipality until 1977 when it became part of Grobbendonk.
The grist mill Molen van Bouwen is a wooden windmill. The first windmill was built between 1789 and 1791, but set on fire in October 1914. In 1925, a new windmill was built. In November 1940, a sail was lost in a storm, and no longer in service after the war. In 1973, it was restored. Even though it is used as a holiday home, the wind mill is regularly in service and grinds grain.
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Bouwel is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.1729 latitude, 4.7418 longitude.
Bouwel has a population of approximately 3,047 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
23 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
24 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
33 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
41 km · about 50 min drive
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
42 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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