"Hasselt - Bokrijk" Top 5 Page for this destination Hasselt by Luchonda

Hasselt Travel Guide: 181 reviews and 407 photos

The open air Museum

This is an open air museum - you can rent bikes to travel through the park because it is that big - you will enjoy the green landscaping - the old farms - buildings and recognise professions of many years ago !

Internal view on the watermill

A watermill

Yes this all made it work !!
And tx to Leipzig - i recognized the differnece between water driven and wind driven Mills !!

Another windmill

Walking or biking through this green area - every inch is different !!

Pros and Cons

Pros:Great reservation and green lung of Belgium
Cons:Non
In a nutshell:A one daytripper tip !

Last visit to Hasselt: Dec 2001
Intro Updated Jun 18, 2003
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Bokrijk - local transport Transportation (4)

Many years ago - this was the way to transport local goods - the museum will show you the different ways - and the... more travel advice

Bokrijk - local singers Off The Beaten Path (2)

Local singers swinging up the local atmosphere of the domain ! more travel advice

Doing the laundry - like years ago ! Off The Beaten Path (2)

The sun and the wind will dry the laundry ! Can you imaging this - in the modern western world !! We are spoiled !!! more travel advice

Getting around in Bokrijk Transportation (4)

Bokrijk is a beautiful open air musea - near Hasselt. Easy to find and near Germany - Netherlands more travel advice

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Kuznetsov_Sergey Sep 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM

Another wonderful town in Belgium! A very nice way to get Germany and Netherlands by that facsinating bycicle! Thanks Luc for sharing!
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JLBG Oct 6, 2007 at 6:36 AM

Thanks for sharing your visit to Hasselt!
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gkitzmil Mar 16, 2004 at 5:09 PM

Thanks for a great page!! Must visit. -- Greg
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shivan Oct 3, 2003 at 5:51 AM

nice page Luc! Great pics!
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pepples46 Jun 28, 2003 at 10:03 PM

once drove thru here....vage memories of Hasselt. thanx for a fine page Luc, good infos and great pics, love the Donkey
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Leipzig Jun 18, 2003 at 10:04 AM

What a beautiful place. I like your pic of the watermill. Why did you title it as windmill?
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tini58de Jun 18, 2003 at 9:40 AM

Looks like a wonderful place to forget about time and space! Great page, Luc!
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Helga67 Jun 17, 2003 at 9:36 AM

I was in Hasselt last month, but didn't have the time to visit this place. What a pity, now that I've seen your lovely pics.
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irisbe Jun 14, 2003 at 3:10 PM

LOL Chiara, so do I! I mean about the laundry. I take the bicycle for transportation `-) not the one with the big and small wheel! the modern one ! Great page Luc! I want to go to Bokrijk again now!
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pollon Jun 2, 2003 at 9:08 AM

honestly I still dry my laundry in the sun, I do live in the country! and eggs come fresh from my neighbour's chickens... only I use a car and not a horse ;-)