Brussels

Visit the following Belgian cities, all within a two hour drive of Brussels:

Waterloo - About 15 km South of Brussels. Visit where Wellington and Bluecher faced Napoleon for an ultimate battle that changed Europe's face forever. Further South, don't miss the Abbey of Villers-la-Ville.

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw - About 10 km South of Brussels. Visit the nature reserve with Galloway cattle not in winter so near to Brussels

Mechelen - About 35 km NE of Brussels.

Leuven - About 30 km East of Brussels.

Antwerp - About 55 km North of Brussels.

Bruges - About 100 km NW of Brussels.

Ghent - About 60 km NW of Brussels.

Namur - About 60 km SE of Brussels.

Tournai - About 90 km West of Brussels.

Mons - About 70 km South of Brussels.

You can also get to any of the following 'foreign' cities from Brussels within 3 hours without the use of a plane:

Amsterdam/Rotterdam/The Hague/Utrecht train or car, Luxembourg car or train, Paris train - longer by car, London by train, Aachen train or car, Maastricht one hour by train Lille less than an hour by train or car, Cologne/Bonn train or car