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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.
4 km · about 5 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Herent works well as a base: 5 minutes from Veltem-Beisem, 19km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Herent is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 19,218, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Herent 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 Herent to your route.
Herent (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrənt]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages and former municipalities of Herent proper, Veltem-Beisem and Winksele. On January 1, 2025, Herent had a total population of 23,081. The total area is 32.73 km²Read more
resulting in a population density of 705,08 inhabitants per km². The current mayor (as of 2024) is Luk Draye (Pact3020).
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Herent is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.9086 latitude, 4.6706 longitude.
Herent has a population of approximately 19,218 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
4 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
19 km · about 20 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
23 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
24 km · about 25 min drive
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Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
27 km · about 30 min drive
April to October
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