scenic viewpoint
Gileppe Dam
A 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Petit-Rechain works well as a base: 5 minutes from Battice, 17km from Ninglinspo Valley.
Petit-Rechain is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 3,522, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Petit-Rechain 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 Petit-Rechain to your route.
The 1692 Verviers earthquake, also known as the 1692 Ardennes earthquake, occurred in the east of Belgium on 18 September 1692 measuring around 6.2 on the Richter scale. Parish records and historical accounts strongly indicate the earthquake's epicenter was northwest of Verviers, and the event was widely felt acrossRead more
Western Europe in modern-day Belgium, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France. The largest amount of damage occurred in the northwestern environs of Verviers, then part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Researchers at the Royal Observatory of Belgium have considered this the strongest known earthquake in Western Europe north of the Alps, which occurred as part of a sequence of quakes from the Lower Rhine Graben in September 1692.
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Petit-Rechain is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6149 latitude, 5.8342 longitude.
Petit-Rechain has a population of approximately 3,522 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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scenic viewpoint
A 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
10 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Belgium's only true mountain stream, tumbling through the Aywaille woods in a chain of red-rock cascades and natural bathing pools with names like 'Bain de Diane'; the trail starts directly at the Sedoz roadside parking.
17 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
20 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Home of the Belgian Grand Prix, featuring the legendary Eau Rouge corner
22 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Belgium's highest, wildest plateau of peat bog and boardwalk trails, often the snowiest corner of the country.
22 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
At 694m this is the highest point in Belgium, marked by a stone tower on the Hautes Fagnes plateau.
22 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
The first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany, built by Charlemagne as his palatine chapel in the 9th century.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
A 1,000-year-old abbey minutes from Spa-Francorchamps housing the circuit's official racing museum, with historic F1 and endurance cars in its vaulted cellars.
25 km · about 30 min drive
April to October
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