Lier

Worth seeing in and around Lier

3 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
   Herman Vanderpoortenstadion

   Herman Vanderpoortenstadion ˌstaːdijɔn]), also called Het Lisp, is a multi-use stadium in Lier, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Lierse between 1925 and 2018.

   1.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Zimmertoren

   The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city fortifications. In 1930, astronomer and clockmaker Louis Zimmer built the Jubilee Clock, which is displayed on the front of the tower, and consists of 12 clocks encircling a central one with 57 dials.

   200 m · fortified clock tower in Lier, Belgium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en baron Caroly

   Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly was a fine arts museum located in the city centre of Lier, Belgium. The permanent exhibition offered an overview of mainly Flemish, Belgian and Dutch paintings from the 16th to the 20th century.

   200 m · museum in Lier, Belgium · Wikipedia

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Getting to Lier

Airports

Brussels (BRU), 26 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 66 km · Brussels South Charleroi (CRL), 75 km

Stations

Kessel railway station, 4 km · Lier railway station, 900 m

• Charleroi → Lier

  81 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · €10–15
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• Oostende → Lier

  115 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · €14–19
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• Eindhoven → Lier

  72 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €8–11
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