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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Hem is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Croix, 9km from Vieux Lille.
Hem is a town located in Hauts-de-France, France. With a population of 19,699, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Hem 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 Hem to your route.
Hem (French pronunciation: [ɛm]; Dutch: Ham) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located near the city of Roubaix.
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Hem is located in Hauts-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6526 latitude, 3.1868 longitude.
Hem has a population of approximately 19,699 people, making it a town in France.
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
37 km · about 40 min drive
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Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
42 km · about 50 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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