Hem

Worth seeing in and around Hem

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Vélodrome André-Pétrieux

   The Roubaix Velodrome is a velodrome in Roubaix, Nord, France. It was opened in 1936 and has hosted the finish of the one-day "monument classic" cycling race Paris–Roubaix since 1943, and the Paris–Roubaix Femmes since its inception in 2021.

   3.1 km · third velodrome of the five cycling monuments · Wikipedia
2. 02
   LaM (Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut)

   The Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, formerly known as Villeneuve d'Ascq Museum of Modern Art, is an art museum in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. With more than 4,500 artworks on a 4,000-square-metre exhibition area, the LaM is the only museum in Europe to present simultaneously the main components of the 20th and 21st centuries art : modern art, contemporary art and outsider art.

   3.1 km · French Modern Art Museum · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Villa Cavrois

   Villa Cavrois in Croix is a large modernist mansion built in 1932 by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for Paul Cavrois, an industrialist from Roubaix active in the textile industry.

   2.2 km · large mansion built in 1932 for Paul Cavrois by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Château du Sart

   The Château du Sart is a château in the Sart-Babylone quarter of Villeneuve d'Ascq, the Nord department of France.

   3.9 km · castle · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Musée de plein air de Villeneuve-d'Ascq

   The Musée de Plein Air is an open-air museum in Villeneuve d'Ascq, Hauts-de-France in France. It displays around 20 houses, barns, and other historic buildings from around French Flanders, Artois, and Picardy.

   3.2 km · museum in France · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Saint-Sébastien Church, Annappes

   Saint-Sébastien church Catholic church located in the village of Annappes, now part of the commune of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Nord department, northern France. The church is placed under the patronage of Saint Sebastian, Roman martyr, of whom it houses a relic preserved at the request of the brotherhood of archers of Saint Sebastian founded in 1517.

   3.9 km · church located in Nord, in France · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hem

Airports

Lille (LIL), 11 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 65 km · Brussels South Charleroi (CRL), 92 km

Stations

Gare d'Ascq, 3.9 km

• Beauvais → Hem

  157 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · €20–28
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• Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) → Hem

  188 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · €20–28
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• Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) → Hem

  222 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · €24–34
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