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Bilzen
The town hall and the steps
Information
Country	Belgium
Regions	Limburg province ​Limburg Hesbaye
Watercourse	Demer, Albert canal
Area	75,9 km²
Population	32 328 hab. (1er january 2019)
Density	425,93 inhab./km²
Postal code	3740, 3742, 3746
Telephone prefix	32 89
Location
50 ° 51 ′ 36 ″ N 5 ° 31 ′ 55 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site
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Bilzen is a municipality and a city of Limburg province in Belgium.

Understand

Tourist information

• 50.841985.522441 Bilzen Tourist Office (Bilzen Toerism) Kasteelstraat 6,   32 89 399610, e-mail : [email protected]  1^er April to September 30Mon.- Fri. : 9 h - 17 h, sat.- Sun. : 10 h - 17 h ; 1^er October to March, 31stMon.- Fri. : 10 h - 17 h, sat.- Sun. : 10 h - 16 h. –  (last update March 2019)
  • Tourist office branch Markt 15 (in L'city ​​Hall),   32 89 519859  Mon.- Fri. : 9 h - 12 h and14 h - 16 h. –  (last update March 2019)

To go

By train

Railway stations	Line	Connection with other transport
50.868795.509531 Bilzen station (Bilzen station) Zeepstraat – (parking, toilet, low platform). No staff on site. Automatic ticketing. Free car and bicycle parking. (last update March 2019)	Line 34  – Liège-Guillemins ↔ Hasselt (last update Feb. 2018)	Bus  – 10, 18, 20a, 28, 34a, 701, 702, 703, 704, 706, 707 (last updated Apr 2018) Taxi  – no. (last updated Apr 2018)

By car

From Maastricht :

reach the Brusselsepoort district and Via Regia by following the road signs Hasselt. At the passage of Albert canal, you are in Belgium on the national road NOT2 that you follow to Bilzen.

From any other location :

join the highway E313A13 and take the exit 31 "Bilzen"; you are two turns of the wheel from the city center.

Circulate

To see

• 50.870385.517281 City Hall (stadhuis) Markt 15 (last update March 2019)
  • Perron (perroen) Markt (last update March 2019)
• 50.870625.517682 Saint-Maurice Church (Sint-Mauritiuskerk) Markt 41 (last update March 2019)
• 50.84175.52083 Alden Biesen Commandery (Landcommanderij van Alden Biesen) Kasteelstraat 6 ( bus 704 and 706, stop "Rijkhoven Alden Biesen") – Former monastery-castle of the Teutonic order. (last update Feb. 2019)

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  Main entrance.

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  The chapel of XVII^e century and the French garden.

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  The castle seen from the French garden.

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  view of the south wing from the English garden.

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  The north wing and the Buitenhof.

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  The temple of Minerva in the English garden.

Do

To buy

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Around

• 50.935.3381 Hasselt (to the northwest) – The capital of Limbourg province. (last update Feb. 2019)
• 50.8495.6912 Maastricht (to the East) – One of the oldest towns in Netherlands which contains many architectural gems. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.780325.46423 Tongeren (South) – Considered, with Tournai, like the oldest city of the kingdom, it still has, in large part, its Gallo-Roman walls. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.64525.57334 Cork (South) – The capital of eponymous province and, although over a thousand years old, still bustling with activity and a tourist center of certain interest that deserves more than a simple visit. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.8015.3345 Looz (at the South West) – Small town with a large number of points of interest. (last update March 2019)

Distance and time table from Bilzen
(center to center)

Destination	Distance		Time
	by the road	great circle	by car (about)	by train*
Antwerp	E31396 km	87,3 km	55 min	1 h 50
Brussels	E40E314E31397 km	81,3 km	55 min	1 h 23
Hasselt	E31317 km	14 km	15 min	13 min
Cork	E31329 km	25,3 km	20 min	45 min
Maastricht	NOT214 km	12,5 km	15 min	1 h 20
Tongeren	NOT73011 km	10,5 km	13 min	10 min
* By the fastest connection.

Routes via Bilzen

Antwerp ← Hasselt ←	NOT  S	→ Cork
End ←	O  E	→ Maastricht
Cork ←	'  'Line 34	→ Hasselt
Wissant ← Tongeren ←	O  E	→ Maastricht → Aachen

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