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Hasselt
Capital of Limburg province, Belgium

Hasselt

Hasselt is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Getting to Hasselt

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    Kiewit Airfield
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    Hasselt

    Train station with an information and ticket office.

See

Worth seeing

The town centre of Hasselt is not large. The centre is mostly car-free and contains a number of historical buildings. Among the oldest buildings in the town centre are the St. Quentin's Cathedral (11th to 18th century) and the "Herkenrode Abbey refuge house" (1542).

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    Herkenrode Abbey

    Former Cistercian monastery founded in 1182 and Refugehuis "refuge house" (1542).

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    St. Quentin's Cathedral (Sint-Quintinuskathedraal), Vismarkt
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    Virga Jesse Basilica
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    Beguinage

    The walled beguinage of Hasselt is listed, among several other Belgian beguinages as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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    Cultural Centre

    Casterstraat,.

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    Japanese

    Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23.

Do

Things to do

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    Plopsa Indoor Hasselt

    Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 70, info@plopsa.be.

Eat

Where to eat

The "Grote Markt" (large central market square) and the nearby streets are lined with pubs, restaurants and taverns. Try mussels in the restaurants on the main streets or the chocolate ice cream store in the city center.

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    Ogst

    Belgian-French cuisine with a Scandinavian touch.

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    Café Latino
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    Taratata

    Kempische Kaai 7,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.