Vilvoorde

Served by a good rail network, Vilvoorde Station is only 10 mins from Brussel-Centraal/Bruxelles-Central, the main station of Brussels and just over an hour from Charleroi.
Brussels Airport, in nearby Zaventem, is about 7 kilometers outside Vilvoorde and easily reachable by bus.

Good bus service, cycle paths and easy to walk around.

• Domein Drie FonteinenThis beautiful park is located on the other side of the channel, south of the city.

• Tuchthuis

  address: Rondeweg
  This former prison complex was built in the end of the 18th century and was the second 'modern' prison of the Southern Netherlands. It is located a bit south of the city centre.

• Town Hall

  address: Grote Markt
  Built betweeen 1870-1873 in Neoclassicist style.

• Church of Our Lady

  address: Heldenplein
  This Gothic church is protected heritage since 1937. It dates back to the 14th and 15th century. The northern sacristy, however, dates from the 13th century. Of the designed towers only the northern got built.

Some nice shops, but not really a 'shoppers' paradise. Lovely town to walk round with lots of green space.
Increasingly popular for foreign visitors seeking private Medical treatment at the large AZ Jan Portaels Hospital.

• CC Het Bolwerk

  phone: +32 2 255 46 90
  address: Bolwerkstraat 17
  The municipal cultural centre of Vilvoorde.

Chocolate

• Colruyt

  phone: +32 22 51 05 89
  address: Schaarbeeklei 57
  Large supermarket with rather low prices conveniently located in the centre of Vilvoorde.

Good Chinese restaurants.
Famous horse-steak restaurants.

Huge variety of beers/lagers

• The Lodge Vilvoorde

  phone: +32 2 255 97 70
  address: Rondeweg 3
  This hotel is housed in a wing of the former Tuchthuis prison building.

• Hotel Campanile Brussels-Vilvoorde

  phone: +32 22 53 97 67
  address: Luchthavenlaan 2

• Eurovolleycenter

  phone: +32 22 57 16 16
  address: Beneluxlaan 22