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Hasselt was founded in approximately the 7th century on the Helbeek, a tributary of the Demer river. During the Middle Ages it became one of the free cities of the county of Loon (which had borders approximately the same as the current province of Limburg). It was first named in a document in 1165.
- Herkenrode Abbey
- Japanse Tuin
- Bokrijk
- Sint-Quintinuskathedraal
- City Centre
- Nationaal Jenevermuseum Hasselt
- Het Stadsmus
- Modemuseum Hasselt
- Villa Verbeelding
- Oud Kerkhof
This Cistercian monastery existed for 600 years from the end of the 12th century to the French Revolution when it was dissolved. Although the original church was lost in a fire in the 19th century, most of its artworks survive, some at Hasselt’s town museum. And more than 200 years later, many of the outbuildings are still intact, including the gat...
The largest Japanese garden in Europe is a symbol of friendship between Hasselt and its Japanese twin city, Itami in Hyogo Prefecture. The Japanse Tuin is a 2.5-hectare extension of the Kapermolenpark and was laid out in the early-1990s by the landscape architect Inoue Takuyuki. As you’d guess, the garden is completely suffused with symbolism, from...
Fifteen minutes from the city centre and roughly halfway to Genk there’s a parcel of land that was bought by Herkenrode Abbey in the 13th century. The abbey’s farm was sold off after the French Revolution though a lot of the outbuildings survived, and a Neoclassical house was completed at the end the 19th century. In the 1950s some of the estate wa...
As is often the case the town’s main church has a complicated construction history, and was made a cathedral with the foundation of the Diocese of Hasselt in 1967. There was a church on this site as long ago as the 8th century, while the remnants of an 11th-century Romanesque church survive in the substructure of the current tower. Between the 13th...
The first thing you’ll notice about the old heart of Hasselt is how walkable the streets are, and this is something that has won the city a lot of praise: In 2004 Hasselt was named “most sociable city in Flanders”. The main shopping arteries are Demerstraat and Koning Alberstraat, while the smaller Hoogstraat and Kapelstraat are where things get a ...
The juniper-flavoured spirit Jenever is such a part of Hasselt’s history that there’s even a festival for the drink every October. From the end of the 18th century a distillery set up shop at a beautiful brick building and courtyard that used to belong to a Franciscan convent – the name Witte Nonnenstraat is a bit of a giveaway. Distilling finally ...
Two elegant patrician houses on the corner of Maastrichterstraat and Guido Gezellestraat are home to Hasselt’s city museum. One, the Waerdenhof, went up in 1680, while its neighbour the Stellingwerff goes back to 1857. Within you can study Hasselt and its people, politics and culture across hundreds of years, finding out how this free city in the M...
It’s no coincidence that there should be a museum about fashion in Hasselt. For one thing the city had a thriving cloth trade in Medieval times. Among the posh fashion emporia on Kapelstraat is Jeurissen, which was founded here just after the Second World War and has real cachet in the Belgian fashion industry. As part of a push to underscore Hasse...
What used to be Hasselt’s literary museum has had an experiential makeover and reopened as the “Imagination Villa”, dedicated mainly to the work of Flemish authors and illustrators. In this fine white townhouse on Bampslaan you can step into imaginary worlds created by literature, discovering inspiring or humorous objects relating to renowned child...
Hasselt’s historic cemetery on the Kempische Steenweg was in use from around 1800 to 1930, and has been a Belgian protected monument since 2004. It came about after the city had run out of burial space around the Sint-Quintinuskathedraal – in fact things had become so crowded and unsanitary that burials within the city ramparts had been outlawed by...
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Feb 28, 2023 · Hasselt, a much lesser-known place right in the northeast corner of Belgium is a beautiful place to visit. Located in the province of Limburg, life slows down just a tad when you’re in the neighbourhood (ok, that’s just a joke we make about the inhabitants of Limburg).
Aug 20, 2024 · Hasselt is een modestad en bekend voor haar goede smaak. Denk maar aan de vele boetieks, unieke winkels, hippe buurten en natuurlijk het Modemuseum Hasselt. Tijdens een dagje shoppen kun je jezelf onderdompelen in de wereld van Belgische mode.
May 9, 2024 · Escape the tourist pack and visit Hasselt Belgium for the day. With its famous street art, gin museum and Japanese garden it's a great day trip from Brussels.
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