Begijnhof 's Wijk
in Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen of Flanders, Belgium
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Wevelgem Airport (29 mi) - Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (32 mi)
- Brussels Airport (34 mi)
- Ostend-Bruges International Airport (40 mi)
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Lille-Lesquin Airport (44 mi) - Brussels South Charleroi Airport (51 mi)
- Valenciennes-Denain Airport (52 mi)
- Maubeuge-Élesmes Airport (53 mi)
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Eindhoven Airport (75 mi) - Liège Airport (79 mi)
- Maastricht Aachen Airport (88 mi)
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (97 mi)
- Historic Centre of Brugge (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (Unesco heritage, 30 mi)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Unesco heritage, 30 mi)
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (Unesco heritage, 31 mi)
- Stoclet House (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (Unesco heritage, 34 mi)
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (Unesco heritage, 42 mi)
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Steenpoel Golf Club (Golf course, 1 mi)
- Executive Club - Private Golf Zwijnaarde (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Royal Latem Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Puyenbroeck Golf Course (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Waregem Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Golf & Country Club Oudenaarde (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Golf Club Enghien (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.050 and 3.750 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 2' 59" and E 3° 45' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, French, German
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:45 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/Brussels
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:21 am and 9:03 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Belgium.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Belgium. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Touring Begijnhof 's Wijk
Begijnhof 's Wijk in Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen (Flanders) is a town located in Belgium about 29 mi (or 47 km) north-west of Brussels, the country's capital place.
Time in Begijnhof 's Wijk is now 09:45 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports nearby Begijnhof 's Wijk, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Belgium is Wevelgem Airport in a distance of 29 mi (or 46 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Belgium is Historic Centre of Brugge in a distance of 25 mi (or 41 km), North-West. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Eeklo, Oudenaarde, Dendermonde, Frasnes-lez-Anvaing and Sint-Niklaas. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 69% |
| Air Pressure | 1007 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (11 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 90% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
17°C (62 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
16°C (60 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Maison d'hôtes Hôtel Verhaegen
NH Gent Belfort
Guesthouse PPP
Hotel de Flandre - Historic Hotels Ghent
Ghent Marriott Hotel
Harmony
The House of Edward
Hotel Ghent River - Historic Hotels Ghent
Design B&B Logid'enri
ibis Gent Centrum St Baafs Kathedraal
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Leie
The Leie or Lys is a river in France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is in Pas-de-Calais, France, and it flows into the river Scheldt in Ghent, Belgium. Its total length is 202 kilometres . It is a very polluted river due to the high density of population and industry in the North of France and in Belgium. Historically, the Lys valley was known for the spinning and weaving of flax.
Reginald Alexander John Warneford
Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (15 October 1891 – 17 June 1915) was a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Escaut (department)
Escaut is a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium and Netherlands. It is named after the river Scheldt (Escaut in French). It was formed in 1795, when the Southern Netherlands were annexed by France. Before the occupation, the territory was part of the county of Flanders and the United Provinces. Its capital was Ghent.
Gent-Dampoort railway station
Gent-Dampoort is the second largest railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. The station opened on 15 June 1861 on the Lines 58 and 59. The train services are operated by NMBS/SNCB. The current building was built in 1973 by architects Dirk Servaes and Johan Beyne. The railway station is situated in the neighbourhood Dampoort in Ghent.
Dampoort (Ghent)
Dampoort is a neighbourhood in the city of Ghent in Belgium. Nowadays it is mainly known as the location of railway station Gent-Dampoort and a major crossroads. In former times it used to be the eastern gate of the city (poort being Dutch for "gate"). It opened the city towards the region of Waasland (or Land van Waas) and Antwerp. It is also where the commercial seaport of Ghent links with the inner-city canals.
Portus Ganda
Portus Ganda is the yachting port of the city of Ghent in Belgium. Located at the former confluence of the rivers Scheldt and Leie, it opened in 2005.
Ledeberg
Ledeberg is a submunicipality of the city of Ghent. It lies south-east of downtown Ghent and has direct access to the E17 road. Its population is 13,974 inhabitants (2005).
Ghent Student Regatta
The Ghent Student Regatta is a boat race for students in April 2008 at Portus Ganda in the heart of historical Ghent in Dutch-speaking Flanders, Belgium, was in 2008 a common initiative of Paul Van Cauwenberge, the Rector of Ghent University, in collaboration with Ghent Students Rowing the sports department of the City and Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) Umpiring Commission Chairman Mr Patrick Rombaut.
Battle of the Lys (1940)
The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1940 Nazi-German offensive in Flanders during World War II. The battle was named after the river Leie (known as Lys in French), where the battlefield was situated (in Belgium and in Northern-France). \t\t \t\t\t10May-16May1940-Fall Gelb. jpg \t\t\t 16 May \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\t1940FranceBlitz. jpg \t\t\t 21 May: troops in Abbeville \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\t21May-4June1940-Fall Gelb. jpg \t\t\t till 4 June: Duinkerque
Zebrastraat
The Zebrastraat (Dutch for "Zebra Street") in Ghent, built in 1906 by the architect Charles van Rysselberghe is an entirely renovated site where living, culture and economy meet in an inseparable way. The social experiment "De Cirk" has been modernized and became the project Zebrastraat in 2006, while strictly respecting the original architecture.
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