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St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Lier works well as a base: 10 minutes from Emblem, 13km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Lier is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 33,272, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Lier 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 Lier to your route.
Lier (Dutch: [liːr] ; French: Lierre [ljɛʁ] ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is composed of the city of Lier proper and the village of Koningshooikt. The city centre is surrounded by the river Nete, around which it grew. In 2018, Lier had a total population of 35,712. The total areaRead more
is 49.70 km2 making a population density (PD) of 720 per km2. Lier is known for its beers (which include Caves), its patron saint St. Gummarus and Lierse vlaaikes cake. It is also home to the world headquarters of Van Hool, a global bus and coach manufacturer. Lier's two principal football clubs are K. Lyra-Lierse and K. Lierse S.K.
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Lier is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.1313 latitude, 4.5704 longitude.
Lier has a population of approximately 33,272 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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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.
13 km · about 25 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.
14 km · about 25 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
15 km · about 30 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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
30 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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