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Explore Hasselt
Hasselt in Provincie Limburg (Flanders) with it's 69,222 inhabitants is a city in Belgium about 43 mi (or 70 km) east of Brussels, the country's capital.
Local time in Hasselt is now 09:23 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Hasselt, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Belgium is Hasselt Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Aachen Cathedral in Germany at a distance of 34 mi (or 55 km). The closest in Belgium is Flemish Béguinages in a distance of 38 mi (or 55 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. 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: Maastricht, Laakdal, Hannut, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem and Lincent. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 60 °F
Morning Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 68% |
Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 8% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 1st of November 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 2nd of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn HASSELT
Hasselt Radisson Blu Hotel
Le Refuge - Bed & Breakfast
Bed & Breakfast Abeljano
Bloonwinning
Casa Roman Bed & Breakfast
De Groene Hendrick
Holiday Inn Express HASSELT
Hassotel
Park Inn by Radisson Hasselt
Videos from this area
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City Cuts - Hasselt Belgium
Hasselt is the capital of the Belgian province of Limburg. It has a population of 68000, and is located 70 kilometers east of Brussels, in the Maas-Rhine region.The E313 roadway and the Albert...
20 Jaar Japanse Tuin Hasselt - The Japanese Garden - Japanische Garten
20 Jaar Japanse Tuin Hasselt - The Japanese Garden - Japanische Garten.
Stadshaven Hasselt, bouwimpressies
Proef de Stad, ervaar het water: impressies van de bouw van het project Stadshaven aan de Blauwe Boulevard in Hasselt eind 2014.
Hasselt Railway Station (Gare de Hasselt), Limburg, Belgium - 23rd October, 2014
This film features views from the platform at Hasselt Railway Station in Limburg province, Belgium. It features train movements in and out of the station including both passenger and freight...
Ruach - Live In Hasselt (Belgium)
The Prodejeff Movie Productions Presents: Ruach Live in Hasselt (Belgium).
20130622 - Vespa World Days 2013, The Village
Impression of the Vespa Village atmosphere during the Vespa World Days 2013 in Hasselt (Belgium). www.bandadicommedia.eu.
Hotel Review: Ibis Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium - 23rd October, 2014
I stayed at the Ibis Hotel in central Hasselt in October 2014. It was a basic budget hotel with a small reception / bar area, and a reasonable sized breakfast room with a decent breakfast buffet....
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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.
Pukkelpop
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival which takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid-to-late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—between a dual carriageway called Kempische Steenweg—in the village of Kiewit, approximately 7 km north of Hasselt. It is the second largest music festival in the country after Rock Werchter, with an attendance rate of 180,000 over the course of the event in 2009.
Ethias Arena
The Ethias Arena is the largest multipurpose arena in Hasselt, Belgium used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc. ) and other large events. The arena opened in 2004 and holds up to 21,600 people. The Ethias Arena is a part of the Grenslandhallen and has a surface of 13,600 square meters (44,619 square feet). On the 26th of November, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Ethias Arena.
Grenslandhallen
The Grenslandhallen in Hasselt, Belgium is one of the biggest event complexes in the BENELUX. The first halls were built in 1983. In 2002 one of the first halls has been transformed in to a congress theatre for musicals, concerts, ... up to 5000 people. In 2004 the complex has been extended with the "Ethias Arena", the biggest arena in Belgium, for more than 21,000 people. The whole complex has now a surface of almost 35,000 square metres.
Virga Jesse Basilica
The Virga-Jesse Basilica in Hasselt, Belgium, stands where a member of the Fraternity of Our Lady built the Clerkenkapel in 1334. This first building was replaced by a church in late Baroque and early Classical Revival style in 1727. The second building was severely damaged by a V1 rocket in 1944, an attack which killed sixteen people. The rebuilt church was opened in 1951, and elevated to the status of basilica in 1998.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Belgium. Comprising the whole of Belgian Limburg, the diocese was created in 1967, split from the Diocese of Liège. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its see is Saint Quentin's Cathedral, Hasselt.
Kiewit
Kiewit is a parish and township within the northernmost section of the Dutch (Flemish) speaking Belgian municipality of Hasselt. It borders on the municipality of Zonhoven to the north and Genk to the east, with Kuringen, a part of Hasselt, to the west. At the end of 2007, Kiewit had 4094 inhabitants, spread around 2 main concentrations: Kiewit itself with 2398 inhabitants and "Kiewit-Heide" (heide meaning heathland) with 1696 inhabitants.