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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Kortrijk is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Harelbeke, 41km from Gravensteen.
Kortrijk is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 73,879, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kortrijk 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 Kortrijk to your route.
Kortrijk ( KORT-ryke, Dutch: [ˈkɔrtrɛik] ; West Flemish: Kortryk or Kortrik; French: Courtrai [kuʁtʁɛ]), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( koor-TRAY), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
With its 80,000 inhabitants (2024) Kortrijk is the capital and the mostRead more
populous city of the judicial and administrative arrondissement of Kortrijk. The wider municipality comprises the city of Courtrai proper and the villages of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke, and Rollegem. Courtrai is also part of the cross-border Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai metropolitan area.
The city is on the river Leie, 42 km (26 mi) southwest of Ghent and 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Lille. Mouscron in Wallonia is just south of Courtrai.
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Kortrijk is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.8280 latitude, 3.2649 longitude.
Kortrijk has a population of approximately 73,879 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
25 km · about 30 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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
27 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
40 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
41 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
42 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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