| La Hulpe | |
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| The castle | |
| Information | |
| Country | .svg/20px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
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| Region | Walloon Brabant |
| Watercourse | Argentina |
| Area | 15,6 km² |
| Population | 7 424 hab. () |
| Density | 475,9 inhab./km² |
| Nice | La Hulpois (e) |
| Postal code | 1310 |
| Telephone prefix | 32 2 |
| Location | |
 50 ° 44 ′ 7 ″ N 4 ° 28 ′ 3 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
La Hulpe is a municipality of Belgium in Wallonia in the Province of Walloon Brabant. It is located about twenty kilometers from the center of Brussels.
Understand
To go
All the means of transport listed below run both during the week and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
By train
- 1 SNCB station
Stations of Groenendaal and Hoeilaart are located within reasonable walking distances.
By bus
TEC
The TEC line n ° 366 Ixelles - Rixensart - Court-Saint-Étienne serves La Hulpe.
Main connections of the 366 bus with the STIB:
- Flagey: trams 8183 - bus 38596071
- Cambre Abbey: trams 794 (stop La Cambre-Étoile)
- Boitsfort Station: tram 94
- Boitsfort ponds: bus 95
Bus 366 connections with the railway
From Lijn
- Bus 348 Etterbeek - metro 5 Herrmann-Debroux - Overijse - La Hulpe (terminus at La Hulpe station)
- Bus 395 Leuven - Hoeilaart - Groenendaal (terminus at Groenendael station)
- Bus 830 Melsbroek Parking Noord - Zaventem - Sterrebeek - Tervuren - Hoeilaaart - Groenendaal (terminus at Groenendael station).
Circulate
To see
- 1 Solvay regional domain avenue Ernest Solvay –
(2013, the entire site) Now a public park, the area extends, including the Nysdam nature reserve, over 287 hectares of woods, lawns and ponds. The park contains in its woods oaks and beeches nearly three hundred years old and on the lawns many new trees like trees with handkerchiefs (Davidia involucrata) or some panchronic species already present on earth at Jurassic, like trees with forty crowns (ginkgo biloba) or metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), as well as spectacular trees like giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) to the sumptuous flowering.- 2 La Hulpe Castle Chaussée de Bruxelles –
Completed to be built in 1842 at the top of the hill, it is in neo-renaissance Flemish very popular at the time. The castle decked out in red bricks with lines of natural stone is flanked by four octagonal corner towers placed at the four cardinal corners and covered with perfectly trimmed and maintained ivy. The south facade overlooks a magnificent little French garden surrounded by a high hedge cut in the shape of an arcade. Rented for receptions, the interior of the castle can only be visited on rare occasions. - 3 Folon Museum Drève de la Ramée 6A,
32 2 6533456, e-mail : [email protected] 
Tue.- Fri. : 9 h - 17 h, sat.- Sun. : 10 h - 18 h. 
adult : 9 €,> 60 years old and between 12 and 18 years old: 7 €, between 6 and 11 years old: 5 €, <6 years old and PMR : free. – Installed in the old farm of the castle of La Hulpe, the museum presents 500 works and more than 40 years of creation, in a living and original scenography, by the painter, engraver and sculptor Jean-Michel Folon. Souvenir store, snacks (The Blue Man Tavern). - 4 Nysdam nature reserve –
With an area of 40 hectares, it is the largest nature reserve in the Province of Walloon Brabant. It is located in a fairly wide valley, occupied by theArgentina, ponds, swamps, meadows and woods. It is remarkable for the diversity of several groups of odonates such as dragonflies (Anisoptera), with thirty species, and the damsels (Zygoptera), with twenty species.
- 2 La Hulpe Castle Chaussée de Bruxelles –
- 5 Ticton Strict Forest Reserve –
(on the main lines). With 23 hectares, it is the smallest of the three zones of the forest which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2017. Its description and management are identical to that of the Gripensdelle reserve. It is made up of ancient beech trees, most of them 150 to 200 years old and measuring around 40 meters in height which constitute a majestic "cathedral".
(2013, the entire site) Now a public park, the area extends, including the Nysdam nature reserve, over 
Completed to be built in 1842 at the top of the hill, it is in 
Tue.- Fri. : 
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Do
To buy
Eat
- Blue Man Tavern Drève de la Ramée 6 (in the Folon museum), 32 2 6540059, e-mail : [email protected] Tue.- Sun. : 11 h - 18 h. Between 15 € and 25 €. – Brasserie cuisine. Large terrace (with the possibility of only having a drink, including more than 50 different craft beers).
Have a drink / Go out
- 1 In Montana place A. Favresse (opposite the station), 32 476 860382, e-mail : Fï[email protected] – Large room at the back with various billiards games and equipped for the organization of events. Small covered terrace.
Housing
- 1 Dolce La Hulpe Chaussée de Bruxelles 135, 32 2 2909800, 32 2 2909898 –
free. Super quiet place in the middle of the forest. Double rooms and suites. Maximum dogs 25 kilos accepted (20 € by night). 1 bar and 2 restaurants. Heated indoor swimming pool, sauna, hammam, fitness center. Free parking.
free. 