Great places to visit in Hasselt
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| Japanese Garden |
The largest Japanese Garden in Europe, the Hasselt Garden covers 25,000 sq metres and mirrors the Japanese landscape. Laid out in 1992 with the help of sister city, Itami in Japan, these gardens are modelled after the 17th century Japanese tea gardens.
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| Municipal Carillon Museum & Sint-Quintinus Cathedral |
The Municipal Carillon Museum is located in the tower of the Sint-Quintinus Cathedral and throws a light on the history of the tower and the carillon. The cathedral is the result of eight centuries of construction. The substructure of the tower, raised in
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| Old Cemetery |
This cemetery in the park is a place of peace and quiet, an oasis of silence near the city. With its iron and stone crosses, big and small grave monuments and burial chapels this cemetery is a reflection of the wealth of the 19th century bourgeoisie.
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| Beguinage |
Z33 is located within the rustic surrounding of the Beguinage at Hasselt. The magnificent exhibition halls constitute the ideal signboard for Z33 developing its activities here. Presenting wilful, relevant exhibitions of contemporary art and supporting yo
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| Hollywood Movie Museum |
This authentic movie museum holds a collection of more than 500 unique objects that belonged to the biggest movie stars in the world. The wax figures in the museum are dressed and embellished with the original outfits that belonged to the living models or
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| Kiewit Nature Reserve |
Kiewit is a public nature reserve owned by the city of Hasselt, covering an area of almost 100 hectares. The nature garden, unique to Belgium, is certainly worth a visit. In this garden, which has been developed as part of a natural process, you will find
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| The Abbey of Herkenrode |
The renovations of the Herkenrode abbey are at cruising speed. Following the successful restoration of the barn, it is now the turn of the gatehouse building, the former gatekeeper’s residence and the abbey mill. Also, the construction of the grass garden
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| The Dina Deferme Garden |
The beautiful 4-hectare English garden created by landscape artists Dina Deferme and Tony Pirotte is situated in a countryside area on the Kempisch area of the Hasselt district borough of Stokrooie. The garden is split up into a number of starkly differen
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| Heem Garden |
This garden is situated on the Gouverneur Verwilghensingel, at the car park of the Japanese Garden. It has a surface area of 10,000 m2. This space means that the natural and long-standing landscape elements such as canal banks, a pool and also dry and wet
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