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Districts in Flemish Brabant : Halle-Vilvoorde and Leuven.

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.

Capital City of Flemish Brabant : Leuven.


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Holiday Rentals in Flemish Brabant / Apartment

 
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Hotels Flemish Brabant

  Hotels in Flemish Brabant   -   Hotel Guide Flemish Brabant
Hotels in Leuven, Diegem, Zaventem, Strombeek-Bever, Tervuren, Vilvoorde, Diest, Drogenbos, Groot-Bijgaarden, Affligem, Heverlee, Erps-Kwerps, and more ...

 
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Travel Guides Flemisch Brabant / Related books

The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg
Martin Dunford (Author), Phil Lee (Author)
Paperback: 480 pages; Publisher: Rough Guides; 4 edition (1 Feb 2008); ISBN-10: 1843538563; ISBN-13: 978-1843538561. 

Transport / How do I travel Flemish Brabant

Flamish Brabant borders the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders.

  Antwerp International Airport
  Brussels Airport [ Zaventem Airport ]
  Charleroi Airport [ Brussels South Airport ]

 
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  Airline Tickets Flemish Brabant / Bargain Flights  
Flight tickets Flemish Brabant [ Brussels ]

     -   Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
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  Norfolk Line
Ferries to France from Dover ( cross-channel ferry ).


Links 

  Tourist Board Felish Brabant   -   Toerisme Vlaams Brabant
Flemish Brabant, the heart of Belgium. Easily accessible and much to enjoy.
porty type, bon vivant, culture fanatic ...? Start your explorations here. The two tourist regions - Hageland and Groene Gordel [ Green Belt ] - and art city Leuven welcome you.

  Vlaams Brabant   -   Tourist Board Flemish Brabant

  Leuven   -   Capital City of Flemish Brabant
The municipality comprises the city of Leuven itself and the towns of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. 

  Leuven District
The Leuven District consists of the following municipalities : Aarschot, Begijnendijk, Bekkevoort, Bertem, Bierbeek, Boortmeerbeek, Boutersem, Diest, Geetbets, Glabbeek, Haacht, Herent, Hoegaarden, Holsbeek, Huldenberg, Keerbergen, Kortenaken, Kortenberg, Landen, Leuven, Linter, Lubbeek, Oud-Heverlee, Rotselaar, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Tervuren, Tielt-Winge, Tienen, Tremelo, Zoutleeuw.

  Groene Gordel [ Green Belt ]
  Leuven Area
  Pajottenland en Zennevallei   -   Tourism Pajottenland

  Aarschot   -   City of Aarschot
  Affligem   -   City of Affligem [ Pajottenland ] 
  Asse   -   Municipality Asse
  Beersel   -   Municipality Beersel
  Begijnendijk   -   Municipality Begijnendijk
  Bekkevoort   -   Municipality Bekkevoort   -   one of the most rural communities in Hageland
Bekkevoort consists of : Bekkevoort, Molenbeek-Wersbeek and Assent.
  Bertem   -   Municipality Bertem
Bertem arose as property of the Abbey of Corbie, France.
Overige kernen : Korbeek-Dijle en Leefdaal. See also Natuurpunt Koeheide.
  Bever   -   Municipality Bever
Located in the SW corner of Flamish Brabant [Payottenland] the village borders with six other parishes that belong to three provinces: Viane (Eats Flanders), Bassilly, Bois-de-Lessines, Twee-Akren (Henegouwen), Tollembeek and St-Pieters-Kapelle (Brabant).
  Bierbeek   -   Municipality Bierbeek
  Boortmeerbeek   -   Gemeente Boortmeerbeek
  Diest   -   City of Diest   -   Tourist Board Diest   -   Tourism Diest
Other parts of Diest : Deurne, Kaggevinne, Molenstede, Schaffen en Webbekom.
  Dilbeek   -   City of Dilbeek   -   gateway to Pajottenland [ Land of the Pajots ]
  Drogenbos   -   Municipality Drogenbos
This community is located on the outskirts of Brussels, along the right bank of the Senne River and the canal Brussels-Charleroi.
  Galmaarden  -   Gemeente Galmaarden
  Geetbets
  Glabbeek
  Gooik   -   Municipality Gooik   -   Pearl of Pajotten country
  Grimbergen   -   Municipality Grimbergen
  Haacht   -   Municipality Haacht
  Halle-Vilvoorde District
Halle-Vilvoorde consists of the following municipalities : Affligem, Asse, Beersel, Bever, Dilbeek, Drogenbos, Galmaarden, Gooik, Grimbergen, Halle, Herne, Hoeilaart, Kampenhout, Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Kraainem, Lennik, Liedekerke, Linkebeek, Londerzeel, Machelen, Meise, Merchtem, Opwijk, Overijse, Pepingen, Roosdaal, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Steenokkerzeel, Ternat, Vilvoorde, Wemmel, Wezembeek-Oppem, Zaventem, Zemst
  Halle   -   City of Halle
  Herent   -   Municipality Herent
Other boroughs in herent : Veltem-Beisem, Delle en Winksele.
  Herne   -   City of Herne   -   the Green Quadrant [ Pajottenland ]
  Hoegaarden   -   Municipality Hoegaarden   -   see also Gardens of Hoegaarden
  Hoeilaart   -   Municipality Hoeilaart
Sometimes Hoeilaart is called the glass village because of grape-growing which earlier was done in the greenhouses.
  Holsbeek
  Huldenberg   -   Municipality Huidenberg
  Kampenhout   -   Municipality Kampenhout
  Kapelle-op-den-Bos   -   Municipality Kapelle-op-den-Bos
  Keerbergen
  Kortenaken   -   Municipality Kortenaken
Kortenaken is a town tucked into a Hageland hillside, consisting of seven villages. In the broad valley area of Velp orchards form a familiar sight.
Nature reserves in the area: The Begijnenbos, The Heibos, The Rukenbos and The Velp te Hoeleden.
  Kortenberg   -  Municipality Kortenberg
  Kraainem
  Landen   -   Municipality Landen
  Rufferdinge ?
  Lennik   -   Municipality Lennik
Lennik located in the heart of Vlaams-Brabantse Pajottenland and consists of the local communities Sint-Kwintens-Lennik, Gaasbeek, Eizeringen and Sint-Martens-Lennik.
The municipality is located south of the N8, Ninove Brussels, on the ridgethat sepearates the valleys of the Dender and the Senne. The wooded district Gaasbeek is most noted for its castle, but Saint Martin and Saint-Quentin-Lennik have interesting historical monuments.
The name Lennik would derive from an estate along the Roman road Bavai-Asse. In the 9th century the area came into the possession of the abbey of Nivelles that made the small settlement into a marketplace.
  Liedekerke
  Linkebeek   -   Municipality Linkebeek 
Once a popular pilgrimage destination for help in curing infectious diseases. The famous pilgrim Charles the Bold (1469) founded here the brotherhood of Saint Sebastian. Located west of the ancient Zoniënwoud
  Linter [ Hageland ]   -   Municipality Linter 
  Londerzeel
  Lubbeek
  Machelen & Diegem   -  Machelen - Diegem Online
  Meise
  Merchtem
  Opwijk
  Oud-Heverlee
  Overijse   -   Municipality Overijse
  Pepingen   -   Municipality Pepingen
  Roosdaal   -   Municipality Roosdaal
  Rotselaar   -   Municipality Rotselaar
  Wezemaal ??
  Scherpenheuvel-Zichem   -   Municipality Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
  Sint-Genesius-Rode
  Sint-Pieters-Leeuw   -   Municipality Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
  Steenokkerzeel
  Ternat   -   see website Vlaanderen and choose 'gemeenten-abc'
  Tervuren   -  Municipality Tervuren
  Tielt-Winge
  Tienen   -   City of Tienen
Tienen is on the Gete. in 1525 the river became navigable to the center of town. In this period Léau [ Zoutleeuw ] lost greatly in importance.
Other parts of Tienen : Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Margriete-Houtem, and Vissenaken.
  Tremelo
  Vilvoorde   -   City of Vilvoorde
  Wemmel
  Wezembeek-Oppem   -   east of Brussels.
  Zaventem   -   Municipality Zaventem
Zaventem airport is partly located in this community.
  Zemst   -   Municipality Zemst
  Zoutleeuw   -   Stad Zoutleeuw

  Geosite Goudberg in Hoegaarden
In "Geosite Goudsberg" you can see petrified trees. They are remnants of a 54.9 million years old subtropical wetland.
The wood of the petrified trees is molecule by molecule replaced by gravel. The whole tree is somehow transformed into a stone version of himself, the internal characteristics of the wood have been preserved.
  News   -   Internet paper Pajotttenland
  Horse Procession in Hakendover on Easter Monday [ Tienen ]
See Hakendover.be or explanation and history of the horse procession at Wikipedia. See also het Dertienmaal [ pilgrimage half Januari ].
  Sugar Museum in Tienen
Established in response to the 150 anniversary of the "sugar factory" [ Tiense Suikerraffinaderij ]
  Tourvaren   -   between Maas and Schelde
On waterways in North Brabant, Limburg Dutch / Belgian Limburg, Antwerp and Leuven.
  Gardens of Hoegaarden   -   Tuinen van Hoegaarden
More than 20 theme gardens hidden among the ancient trees of the Kapittelpark. Since May 1995 one is called King Baudouin Garden.
  College of Leuven   -   Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
  University of Leuven   -   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The oldest university of the Low Countries and the largest Flemish university.

Cuisine  -  Flemish Brabant Foods / Recipes

Asse knows "Geuze beer" brewed artisan by the brewery Mort Subite ande the fruit beers Kriek. peach, berry and cassis. In a few cafes Kriek-Lambik is till served, young, old or half, the famous "flat" beer.
Sweets to taste with it: "Assekoek" [Asse cake], a fragrant round, flat cake of about 10 cm diameter and  "Zellikse Koek" [ Zellik cake ], a cake of puff pastry filled with fresh vanilla pudding.

  Regional products from Flemish Brabant   -   Streekproducten Vlaams Brabant

History of Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant was created in 1995 by the splitting of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant; and the Brussels-Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province.

  History of the Duchy of Brabant   -   Wikipedia

Music, Art & Culture, Events

  Marktrock Leuven
One of Europe's biggest urban music festivals. Each year, more than 350,000 visitors from home and abroad come here to enjoy a wide range of rock and pop music in the historic heart of the university town of Leuven. The well-balanced programme, will certainly fill all of Leuven.

  Kunst-stukjes.com   -   Young talent from Flemish Brabants on the web 
  Rockvonk.be   -  talent contest Flemish Brabant
  Suikerrock [ Tienen ]
In Tienen the last weekend of July is reserved for the music lovers. The three-day Suikerrock grew into an event with a national profile. Big names already passed in review on the Grote Markt. In the surrounding streets there is a cozy atmosphere with entertainment. At the Veemarkt a second stage is set with more alternative performances and space for local talent.

  Applaus.be   -   site of the cultural and community centers in Flemish Brabant


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