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Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
4 km · about 5 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Waterloo works well as a base: 10 minutes from Braine-l'Alleud, 12km from Hallerbos.
Waterloo is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 29,778, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Waterloo 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 Waterloo to your route.
Waterloo (French pronunciation: [watɛʁlo] ; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ; Walloon: Waterlô) is a municipality in Wallonia, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which in 2011 had a population of 29,706 and an area of 21.03 km2 (8.12 sq mi).
Waterloo lies a short distance south of Brussels andRead more
immediately south of the official language border between Flanders and Wallonia. Waterloo is most famous for being the site of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, where Napoleon was defeated in the War of the Seventh Coalition.
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Waterloo is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.7147 latitude, 4.3991 longitude.
Waterloo has a population of approximately 29,778 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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landmark
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
4 km · about 5 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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
12 km · about 25 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.
12 km · about 20 min drive
museum
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
15 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
16 km · about 20 min drive
April to October
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