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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Machelen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Zaventem, 25km from Hallerbos.
Machelen is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 12,252, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Machelen 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 Machelen to your route.
Machelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑxələ(n)]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Diegem and Machelen proper. On 1 January 2006, Machelen had a total population of 12,500. The total area is 11.59 km2 (4.47 sq mi), which gives aRead more
population density of 1,078/km2 (2,790/sq mi). The official language of Machelen is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. A suburb of Brussels, Machelen directly borders the Brussels-Capital Region, specifically the Haren neighbourhood.
A portion of Brussels Airport is located in Diegem, together with neighbouring town of Zaventem. The municipality contains three major road junctions: the intersection of the Brussels Ring (R0) and A201 serving the airport (labelled Zaventem), the start of the A1 towards Mechelen and Antwerp fed by the ring road, and the first junction on the A1 meeting the N211 feeder road from Vilvoorde, also accessing the airport. Buda railway station (on Belgian railway line 25) serves part of the area, although only Service S1 stops there, other routes using Vilvoorde railway station further north.
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Machelen is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.9106 latitude, 4.4417 longitude.
Machelen has a population of approximately 12,252 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
7 km · about 15 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.
9 km · about 20 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
10 km · about 20 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.
12 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
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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A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
19 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
25 km · about 30 min drive
April to October
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