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Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Saint-Symphorien works well as a base: 5 minutes from Obourg, 36km from Hallerbos.
Saint-Symphorien is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 3,402, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Saint-Symphorien 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 Saint-Symphorien to your route.
Saint-Symphorien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛ̃fɔʁjɛ̃]; Walloon: Sint-Symforyin) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons.
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Saint-Symphorien is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.4390 latitude, 4.0073 longitude.
Saint-Symphorien has a population of approximately 3,402 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
18 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
30 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
39 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
41 km · about 45 min drive
historic highway
A Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
46 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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