Things to do in Willebroek
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Willebroek (Dutch pronunciation:, old spelling: Willebroeck, also French: Willebrouck) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Blaasveld, Heindonk, Tisselt, Klein Willebroek, and Willebroek proper. In 2021, Willebroek had a total population of 27,081. The total area is 27.41 km2.
Willebroek is linked to Brussels by the Willebroek Canal.
Willebroek is also home to the Kanaalfeesten, a yearly festival that takes place throughout the town which includes live concerts (mostly of local bands) and general festival attractions, like a mini roller coaster, a duck shoot, etc. At Klein-Willebroek the Harmonium Art museuM on pump organs is established in the former Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Its iconic bridge over the Willebroek Canal was infamous for the traffic jams it caused, even making it the subject of a song: De Brug van Willebroek by Wannes Van de Velde.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: Willebroek · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Fort Breendonk
Fort Breendonk (Dutch: Fort van Breendonk, French: Fort de Breendonk) is a former military installation at Breendonk, near Mechelen, Belgium, which served as a…
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Sint-Niklaaskerk
church in Willebroek, Belgium
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Victor Dumonbrug
bridge
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De weerstander
statue in Willebroek, Belgium
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Boulevardbrug
bridge in Belgium
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Ringbrug
bridge
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Brielenbrug
bridge
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Tankmonument
memorial in Klein-Willebroek, Belgium
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Sint-Amanduskerk
church in Blaasveld, Belgium
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Sint-Jan Baptist en Sint-Amanduskerk
church in Heindonk, Belgium
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Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk
church in Tisselt, Belgium