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Discover Heisel
Heisel in Province du Hainaut (Wallonia) is a place in Belgium a little north of Brussels, the country's capital city.
Current time in Heisel is now 06:39 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports near Heisel, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Belgium is Brussels Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), 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 in Belgium is La Grand-Place, Brussels in a distance of 3 mi (or 4 km), South. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Brussels, Lennik, Dendermonde, Sint-Niklaas and Enghien. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 45 °F
Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 84% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 20% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 4th of December 2024
5°C (42 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
6°C (43 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
9°C (48 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel progress
Novotel Brussels City Centre
Thon Brussels City Centre
Husa President Park
Citadines Sainte Catherine
Yawn Sleep
Queen Mary
Hotel des colonies
Café Pacific
Atlas
Videos from this area
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3D HD Mini Europe (in Brussels)
Select your 3D glasses from the options below the video - optimized dubois for the best effect. Mini Europe, in Brussels, Belgium is a tourist attraction with models of the most famous buildings...
Brocante du Coin Oublié de Jette.avi
La brocante annuelle du "Coin Oublié de Jette". Jette est une des 19 communes de la région de Bruxelles -Capitale" située dans le royaume fédéral de Belgique (Union européenne)
Worldwide accent project - Brussels, Belgium
This is my contribution to the Worldwide Accent Project, which is a collaboration project made by YouTubers from around the world, with the intention of creating a global accent archive. Anybody...
Bruxelles Atomium e Mini Europe
The Atomium was originally built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by André Waterkeyn it stands 102 meters (335 ft) tall, each sphere 18 meters in diameter. Originally...
Mini-Europe Bruselas
Descubra los rincones más bellos de Europa ... Europa en apenas unas horas... ¡ Una experiencia única! Mini-Europe es, ante todo, una "invitación a viajar". El Big Ben, las gondolas amarradas...
Pigeon ramier
Une vidéo prise dans mon jardin sur le pigeon ramier, sur ses comportements. Beaucoup d'autre vidéos son à voir sur mon site internet: lesoiseauxdemonjardin.toile-libre.org.
Marché annuel Jette 2011 .mpg
135e Marché annuel de Jette (commune de la région de Bruxelles - Capitale) - 29 août 2011 - 135ste Jetse jaarmarkt (gemeente van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) - 29 augustus 2011.
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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.
Heysel Stadium disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Juventus of Italy and Liverpool of England. Thirty-nine Juventus fans died and 600 were injured. Approximately one hour before the Juventus-Liverpool final was due to kick off, a large group of Liverpool fans breached a fence separating them from a "neutral area" which contained Juventus fans.
King Baudouin Stadium
The King Baudouin Stadium is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. It was inaugurated on 23 August 1930 (days after Belgium's 100th anniversary) as Jubilee Stadium. Crown Prince Leopold attended the opening ceremony. Located in the Heysel section of the Brussels municipality, it was built to embellish the Heysel plateau in view of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition. The stadium hosted 70,000 at the time. A wooden track for cycling races was later added around the pitch.
Atomium
The Atomium is an iconic building in Brussels originally constructed for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn with interiors by architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 102 m tall. Its nine 18 m diameter stainless steel clad spheres are connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. Tubes connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre.
Mini-Europe
Mini-Europe is a miniature park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has the reproductions of the most attractive monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented. The park is renowned for the quality of its models, some of which cost as much as €350,000 to make (the Brussels Grand-Place).
Heysel/Heizel metro station
The Heysel Metro Station is one of the metro stations on line 6 (formerly 1A) of the Brussels Metro. It was opened on 5 July 1985 and serves the Heysel area, famous for the 1958 Brussels World Fair, the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly known as the Heysel Stadium) and the Atomium. The Bruparck entertainment park (with among others Mini-Europe, a movie theater, a swimming-pool) and the Brussels Exhibition Hall are also located nearby.
King Baudouin metro station
The King Baudouin Metro Station is western terminus of line 6 (formerly 1A) of the Brussels Metro. It serves the King Baudouin Stadium. It was opened on August 25, 1998.
Houba-Brugmann metro station
Houba-Brugmann metro station is located under Houba De Strooper Avenue in the northwest of the City of Brussels, near the Brugmann University Hospital. The underground Brussels Metro station was opened on 5 July 1985 and is part of Line 6.
Stuyvenbergh metro station
Stuyvenbergh metro station is located under the intersection of Avenue Houba De Strooper, Emile Bockstael and De Smet De Naeyerlaan, in the northwest of the City of Brussels. The underground station is named after the Castle of Stuyvenberg, located east of the station in the park of Laeken. Stuyvenbergh Brussels Metro station, opened on 5 July 1985, is on line 6.
Bockstael metro station
Bockstael Metro Station is one of the metro stations on line 6 of the Brussels Metro. It was opened in 1982 and named after the "Place Émile Bockstael/Émile Bockstaelplein". Prior to the opening of the extension to the Heizel/Heysel metro station in 1985, the station was the western terminus of line 1A (now line 6). The station allows transfer to and from suburban railway line 50 to Aalst and Dendermonde via Belgian Rail.
Pannenhuis metro station
The Pannenhuis Metro Station is one of the metro stations on line 6 of the Brussels Metro and was opened in 1982.
Jette railway station
The Jette railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Jette in Brussels, Belgium opened in 1892. The station is located south of the King Baudouin park on the Cardinal Mercier square, on the Belgian railway line 50 between the Bockstael and Berchem-Sainte-Agathe railway stations. Nearby the railway station is the Jette station STIB/MIVB stop, which offers a connection with the Brussels tram route 19 as well as the bus routes 53 and 88.
Dieleghem Abbey
Dieleghem Abbey is an abbey in Jette, northwestern Brussels, Belgium. It was founded in 1095 by the Bishop of Cambrai and administered by Augustinian canons. In 1140, the abbey’s monks switched to the rules of the Premonstratensian order. In the 13th century, the abbey now called Dieleghem possessed half of the commune’s territory and played an important social and economic role until the French Revolution.