Vilvoorde

Vilvoorde is a city of 44,000 inhabitants in the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. Lying just north of Brussels, the town functions more as a suburb of the national capital, having some regional importance due to its high schools and hospitals.

Get in
Served by a good rail network, is only 10 mins from Brussel-Centraal/Bruxelles-Central, the main station of Brussels and just over an hour from Charleroi. Brussels Airport, in nearby Zaventem, is about 7 kilometers outside Vilvoorde and easily reachable by bus.

Get around
Good bus service, cycle paths and easy to walk around.

Do
Some nice shops, but not really a 'shoppers' paradise. Lovely town to walk round with lots of green space.

Increasingly popular for foreign visitors seeking private Medical treatment at the large AZ Jan Portaels Hospital.



Buy
Chocolate

Eat
Good Chinese restaurants. Famous horse-steak restaurants.

Drink
Huge variety of beers/lagers