Hemiksem
Hemiksem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

Hemiksem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Hemiksem proper. In 2021, Hemiksem had a total population of 11,722. The total area is 5.44 km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Hemiksem
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.
- 01national redoubt of Belgium
The National Redoubt refers to a 95 km -long ring of forts around the major port city of Antwerp, Belgium built between 1859 and 1914. By 1914, it consisted of 28 forts arranged in two rings around the city.
1.7 km · fortress in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 02Kasteel Wissekerke
The Wissekerke Castle is situated in the village of Bazel of Kruibeke municipality in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Although a castle stood at this site since 10th century, the present castle was largely built in the 15th century with lake, park and a suspension bridge built around the castle.
3.4 km · castle · Wikipedia - 03Schoonselhof
Schoonselhof Cemetery is located in Hoboken, Antwerp, a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium. Schoonselhof Cemetery has an Islamic and Jewish section.
2.1 km · cemetery in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 04Sorghvliedt Castle
Sorghvliedt Castle is a building in Belgium with a history dating back to the 16th century. It was originally a farm building called Wickeleynde owned by the merchant Jean Plaquet and his wife Maria Leydeckers.
2.3 km · castle in Belgium · Wikipedia - 05Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg
The Garden City Velodrome was a velodrome located in Antwerp, Belgium. A 400-metre track, it hosted the track cycling events for the 1920 Summer Olympics and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships that year.
3.5 km · velodrome located in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 06St. Bernard's Abbey
St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, or abbatiae S. Bernardi ad Scaldim, ordinis Cisterciensis, in dioecesi Antverpiensi also known as St.
2.5 km · monastery · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hemiksem
- Airports
- Brussels (BRU), 29 km · Brussels South Charleroi (CRL), 77 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 79 km
- Charleroi → Hemiksem82 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €10–14
- Oostende → Hemiksem99 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · €13–18
- Eindhoven → Hemiksem86 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · €10–13
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hemiksem
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hemiksem. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in}} {{listing | name | url | address | long | phone | fax | price Located in Oostende, mostly served by charter and freight flights.
- Get inCalais and Dunkirk (France), a short drive from western Flanders, receive dozens of ferries a day from Dover in England.
- Get inThe overnight ferries from Hull to Zeebrugge were axed in 2021, though ferries still run from Hull to Rotterdam (Netherlands), which has good road and rail access to northern Flanders.
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Next door to Hemiksem
Hemiksem is 9 km from Antwerp, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Schellemunicipality in Antwerp, Belgium2.2 km
- Hobokendistrict of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium2.6 km
- Wilrijkdistrict of the City of Antwerp, Belgium3 km
- Bazelsection of the municipality of Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, province of East Flanders, Belgium3.6 km