Blocry
District of Louvain-la-Neuve
in Province du Brabant Wallon of Wallonia, Belgium
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Suarlée Airport (14 mi) - Brussels South Charleroi Airport (16 mi)
- Brussels Airport (17 mi)
- Liège Airport (36 mi)
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Maubeuge-Élesmes Airport (36 mi) - Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (37 mi)
- Hasselt Airport (39 mi)
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Maastricht Aachen Airport (53 mi) - Charleville-Mézières Airport (61 mi)
- Eindhoven Airport (63 mi)
- Stoclet House (Unesco heritage, 14 mi)
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (Unesco heritage, 17 mi)
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- Flemish Béguinages (Unesco heritage, 26 mi)
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Unesco heritage, 38 mi)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Unesco heritage, 39 mi)
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- Golf de Louvain La Neuve (Golf course, 1 mi)
- Golf du Ch (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Golf du Bercuit (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Sport village Country Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Royal Waterloo Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- L'Empereur Golf and Country Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Golf de Rigen (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Golf Club La Bruy (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Club de Golf D'Hulencourt (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Overijse Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.668 and 4.614 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 40' 5" and E 4° 36' 51"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, French, German
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 07:26 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Brussels
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:12 am and 9:04 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: 2024-05-02 08:23:34
Explore Blocry
The district Blocry of Louvain-la-Neuve in Province du Brabant Wallon (Wallonia) is located in Belgium about 17 mi south-east of Brussels, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Chastre, Brussels, Namur, Heist-op-den-Berg and Lincent. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F
| Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Night Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 81% |
| Air Pressure | 998 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 80% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
11°C (52 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
13°C (56 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
16°C (60 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Chateau du Lac
Chateau de Limelette
ibis Styles Meeting Center Louvain la Neuve
Hotel Wavre Brussels East
ibis Wavre
Domaine du Blé Hôtel
At Home
Best Western Wavre
MARTINS LE LIDO
Martin’s Manoir
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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Walloon Brabant
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Walhain
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Université catholique de Louvain
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Villers Abbey
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Ohain, Belgium
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Battle of Wavre
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Gentinnes
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Houssière
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Wavre transmitter
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Pécrot rail crash
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Province of Brabant
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Gembloux Abbey
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Louvain School of Management
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Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin
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Lake Genval
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Centre d'Etudes des Crises et Conflits Internationaux
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Genval railway station
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Blanmont Castle
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Bonlez Castle
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Sombreffe Castle
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Laboratory for the Analysis of Organisational Communication Systems
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