Grand Place of Halle

Grand Place of Halle is a square in Halle, Flemish Brabant, Flanders. Grand Place of Halle is situated nearby to the tourism office Toerisme Halle, as well as near the church Sint-Martinusbasiliek.

Photo: Stephane Mignon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Square
Description: main square of Halle, Belgium
Also known as: “Grote Markt” and “Grote Markt van Halle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sint-Martinusbasiliek and Bailey bridge.

Sint-Martinusbasiliek

Church

Photo: Napoleon Vier, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sint-Martinusbasiliek is a church.

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. Bailey bridge is situated 450 metres south of Grand Place of Halle.

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. Den Ast is situated 220 metres north of Grand Place of Halle.

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.