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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Mouscron is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Neuville-en-Ferrain, 50km from Gravensteen.
Mouscron is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 52,069, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mouscron 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 Mouscron to your route.
Mouscron (French pronunciation: [mukʁɔ̃] ; Dutch and West Flemish: Moeskroen, Dutch pronunciation: [muˈskrun] ; Picard and Walloon: Moucron) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropolitanRead more
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The municipality consists of the following districts: Dottignies, Herseaux, Luingne, and Mouscron. In accordance with the national law, the municipality offers facilities for the Dutch speaking minority. Kortrijk, in Flanders, is located just to the north of Mouscron.
The city substantially grew during the 19th and early 20th century with the development of the textile industry in the north of France. The symbol of the city is the Hurlu: a character representing Protestant activists, who plundered the countryside during the Wars of Religion (16th century).
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Mouscron is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.7450 latitude, 3.2064 longitude.
Mouscron has a population of approximately 52,069 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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landmark
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
15 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
25 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
museum
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
50 km · about 55 min drive
castle
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
50 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
50 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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