Grote Weide

Grote Weide is a neighborhood in Halle, Flemish Brabant, Flanders. Grote Weide is situated nearby to the neighborhood Don Bosco, as well as near Nederhem.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bailey bridge and Halle railway station.

Bailey bridge

Bridge

Photo: Ziko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and American military engineering units.

Halle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Yosephus, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Halle railway station is a railway station in Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 18 May 1840 and is located on the HSL 1, as well as railway lines 26, 94, and 96.

Den Ast

Museum

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The Den Ast formerly South-West Brabant Museum is a local museum in Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. From 1981, the museum was housed in a former college of Jesuits from the 17th century. After a closure of half a year in 2014, it was reopened in as Den Ast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buizingen and Lembeek.

Buizingen

Village

Buizingen is a village in the municipality of Halle, Belgium. It is around 15 km southwest of the centre of Brussels. On 15 February 2010, 19 people died and 171 were injured in a train collision in Buizingen.