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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Rekkem is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Neuville-en-Ferrain, 18km from Vieux Lille.
Rekkem is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 4,938, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Rekkem 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 Rekkem to your route.
Rekkem is a section of the Belgian city of Menen, in the province of West Flanders. Until 1977, it was an independent municipality. It was called Retchème in Picard. In 1173, the village was still called Rekkem, similar to Reclinghem in Artois and to Rijkegem (Tielt), which were founded by the Viking Rikiwulf in 876 .
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Rekkem is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.7837 latitude, 3.1635 longitude.
Rekkem has a population of approximately 4,938 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
18 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
21 km · about 25 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
museum
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
49 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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