natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
6 km · about 10 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Braine-le-Château works well as a base: 5 minutes from Clabecq, 6km from Hallerbos.
Braine-le-Château is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 9,627, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Braine-le-Château 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 Braine-le-Château to your route.
Braine-le-Château (French: [bʁɛn lə ʃɑto] ; Walloon: Brinne-Tchestea; Dutch: Kasteelbrakel [kɑˈsteːlˌbraːkəl] ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.
On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446. The total area is 22.70 km² which gives a populationRead more
density of 416 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-le-Château and Wauthier-Braine, which were municipalities of their own until 1977.
Braine-le-Château is a medieval village in which many buildings from the Middle Ages remain. Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (c. 1200) and the Maison du Bailli (c. 1535).
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Braine-le-Château is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6799 latitude, 4.2739 longitude.
Braine-le-Château has a population of approximately 9,627 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
6 km · about 10 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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
9 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Baron Empain's 1934 marble-and-gilt Art Deco mansion on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, restored by the Boghossian Foundation as an East-West art centre: Brussels' most sumptuous interior after the Horta houses.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
19 km · about 20 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
20 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
21 km · about 25 min drive
April to October
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