Ranst
Ranst is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
Ranst is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Broechem (townhall), Emblem, Oelegem, and Ranst (postoffice) proper. In 2021, Ranst had a total population of 19,249. The total area is 43.58 km2 (16.83 sq mi).
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Worth seeing in and around Ranst
One place 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.
- 01Bossenstein Castle
Bossenstein Castle is a château in the village of Broechem, Flemish Region, Belgium, which is a part of the municipality of Ranst.
3.3 km · castle in Belgium · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ranst
- Airports
- Brussels (BRU), 34 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 64 km · Brussels South Charleroi (CRL), 82 km
- Charleroi → Ranst87 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · €12–17
- Oostende → Ranst115 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · €13–19
- Eindhoven → Ranst69 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · €8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Ranst
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 Ranst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are some regular, but mostly seasonal flights to various popular holiday destinations in Southern Europe, Morocco and Turkey, as well as private and chartered (business) aviation.
- Get inFrom the United Kingdom: take your bike on the ferry from Dover to Dunkerque (France, 20 km from the Belgian border, from the ferry port is actually over 30 km) and follow the coastal road from there until you reach De Panne (Belgium).
- Go nextSome of the more popular destinations that can be visited on a day trip from Antwerp are: Bruges (Brugge) — Very nice medieval town.
- Go nextThe train ride is pretty long (sometimes over two hours) making it less easy for a day trip.
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Next door to Ranst
Ranst is 11 km from Antwerp, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.