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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Vilvoorde works well as a base: 5 minutes from Melsbroek, 26km from Hallerbos.
Vilvoorde is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 36,955, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Vilvoorde 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 Vilvoorde to your route.
Vilvoorde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɪlvoːrdə] ; West Flemish: Vilvôorde; French: Vilvorde [vilvɔʁd]; historically known as Filford in English) is a municipality and city in the Halle-Vilvoorde district (arrondissement) of the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde properRead more
with its two outlying quarters of Koningslo and Houtem and the small town of Peutie.
The official language of Vilvoorde is Dutch, as in the rest of Flanders. There is a French-speaking minority of about 33.7%, concentrated especially in the Koningslo and Beauval quarters, bordering the Neder-Over-Heembeek neighbourhood of Brussels. The French-speaking minority is represented by 3 members on the 33-seat local council.
From 2000 until August 1, 2007, the mayor of Vilvoorde was former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene. The mayor from 2013 to 2024 was Hans Bonte, also a member of the Federal House of Representatives.
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Vilvoorde is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.9281 latitude, 4.4294 longitude.
Vilvoorde has a population of approximately 36,955 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
7 km · about 15 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
11 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
12 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Baron Empain's 1934 marble-and-gilt Art Deco mansion on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, restored by the Boghossian Foundation as an East-West art centre: Brussels' most sumptuous interior after the Horta houses.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
26 km · about 30 min drive
April to October
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