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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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Kontich works well as a base: 5 minutes from Lint, 10km from Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp.
Kontich is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 20,290, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kontich 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 Kontich to your route.
Kontich (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔntɪx], old spelling: Contich) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Kontich proper and Waarloos. In 2021, Kontich had a total population of 21,260. The total area is 23.67 km3.
Kontich exists of three parts: KontichRead more
Centrum, Waarloos and Kontich Kazerne. Kontich Kazerne has a big industrial center and a train station on the line between Antwerp and Mechelen. The barracks (kazerne in Dutch) which gave the name to the settlement have closed however.
The Centrum part of Kontich has the town center.
The E19 highway between Antwerp and Brussels passes through Kontich.
"Kontich" comes from the Latin word condacum which means confluence of 2 streams.
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Kontich is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.1321 latitude, 4.4471 longitude.
Kontich has a population of approximately 20,290 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
10 km · about 20 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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
12 km · about 20 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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