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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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver works well as a base: 5 minutes from Putte, 8km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 5,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Putte, about 4 km away.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver is a Belgian village roughly 10 km east of Mechelen. Its neighbouring village - Sint-Katelijne-Waver - is part of Onze Lieve Vrouw Waver, and lies approximately 5 km to the west. The village contains a neogothic church and is situated not far from the main highway between Brussels and Antwerp.
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What is there to see near Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver?
Within an hour or so of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver: St. Rumbold's Tower (8 km), Antwerp Zoo (20 km), Antwerpen-Centraal (20 km), Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp (21 km).
Are there any good drives near Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver?
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Putte.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,621
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.0626, 4.5794
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Worth the detour from Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Plantin-Moretus Museum
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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 64 kmWestern Scheldt TunnelAt 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
- 64 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
- 78 kmZeeland BridgeElegant 5 km bridge over the Oosterschelde estuary, the longest in the Netherlands when opened in 1965. Its endless procession of arches makes one of the country's most photogenic drives.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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