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historical city with many pubs & restaurants
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it's a nice flemisch city!
wandeljp Says: Kortrijk - The City hall It's a mixt of styles: We find here some éléments of late Gothic ad with renaissances touches. In fact it's transition style. As the outside have a nice look, the inside, thinking myselves, have much to offer to the tourist or visitor....
Martin_S. Says: In the first pic you find the BELFRY, the only remaining part of the Cloth-Hall. The statue on top is Mercurius the god of trade, placed there in the 18th century. There is also a war memorial attached.The second picture shows a fountain, no special reason, just liked the...
wandeljp Says: The Broel towers These medieval towers are the only remains of ancient fortifications of the city. The south tower, the "Speyetoren (± 1385), was among the fortified walls of the castle of the Counts of Flanders. The north tower, the "Ingelborchtoren (± 1413), was built to...
wandeljp Says: The Broelmuseum On the platform of the Lys (Leie: River that runs through the city, from France and it flows into the Scheldt at Ghent) this patrician house looks great. Built in the mid 18th century it is an ideal setting to showcase the collections (I shall return...
Kortrijk 1302 Museum & Visitor Centre
ELear Says: The museum - as opposed to the visitor centre in the entrance hall - is primarily aimed at school children, I think. The most interesting bit for me was the corridor at the start with explanations how the battle developed. Otherwise, upstairs there are a few archaeological...
theH Says: this beautiful medieval part of the city is like a small, quite village inside the busy centre. The whole Beguinage is part of the UNESCO world heritage, so I guess, when you visit Courtrai, you just can't miss this!
margaretvn Says: The Baggaertshof dates from the first half of the 17th century, and was built by Josijne Baggaert for needy women and it has little houses a chapel and a lovely medicinal herb garden. The Baggaertshof was originally called the 't Olmeke or the Sint Jozefhuisjes. The 13...
1 Review and 28 Opinions I have stayed two nights.Elegant hotel. Abosultely recommened. So close to centre ( 3 min by walking...
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Caffe Latte: Some tea and sympathy
steedappeal Says: An appealing place near all the shops. Recently taken over by a sympathetic young lady who does a good job with teas and light lunch items. Sandwiches and exotic teas.*WARNING: the unusual, orange substance to the right of my tea looked like sorbet but was a spicy shock to...
Café St. Georges: Downtown people watching
pieter_jan_v Says: Café St. Georges is at an attractive location in the Kortrijk pedestrian area.The terras is an ideal people watching spot.Inside there are many movie posters.Beers from the tap:Primus PilsKeizer Karel BlondTongerlo Bruin & Blond,Kriek MysticBusiness hours:Ma-Sa: 9AM- 7PMSu:...
Cesar Brasseria: WONDERFUL DINNER
bagediya Says: The restaurant is at the main square of Kortrijk. The staff is very helpful and speaking good English. I ate a steak with mashroom souce which was perfect. Also dont forget to taste Westmalle beer..Its little bit strong :) Dont drink too much because you ma not find your...
margaretvn Says: We decided to stop and have a coffee and watch the world go by for a while on the friday afternoon. I chose Cesar's because it was quiet and there was no-one smoking on gthe terrace. We had coffee and it was served with a little biscuit, a soft fruity sweet. The coffee was...
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The Schouwburg or better "Cultuur Centrum Kortrijk" is the local theater.
The theater was build between 1912 and 1920 in a Flamish post-Renaissance style and was designed by architect Jan Robert Vanhoenacker.
The main theather can house 800 visitors. There are smaller halls in the building, like the ballet hall, the arenatheater and the basement galery.
In 1968 the building was remodelled, distorting the original character of the building. Luckely this was restored by the 2000 restauration. At the same time the Alberola glass roof was added.
Written May 23, 2009
Address: Schouwburgplein 14 - 8500 Kortrijk
Phone: +31-56-239855
Website: http://www.cultuurcentrumkortrijk.be/
Train FYI & Lockers at Kortrijk Station
steedappeal Says: There is a small bank of lockers at the Kortrijk station. The charge is 3.50 Euros. Not sure if you can access 24 hours or leave overnite. You must have EXACT change since they do not accept credit cards and no change back is given. This was very handy as I stowed my stuff,...
pieter_jan_v Says: The Kortrijk bus station is next to the Main Kortrijk train station.Local Kortrijk busses:1 Station - Kinepolis2 Station - Lange Munte3 Station - Heule Bozestraat4 Station - Bissegem - Heule6 Station - Shopping Center - Heule9 Station - Cederlaan12 Station - Kinepolis -...
The Kortrijk tourist info center is well-designed but not much enthusiasm from the staff. Very perfuctory. Map and a few hand gestures and that's about it! I even lost my own enthusiasm to visit the Flax Museum which is a bit out of the center city (take bus 13 at the rail station). The center is located in the Bejinhofpark.
Written Nov 13, 2011
Website: http://www.kortrijk.be/vrije-tijd/toerisme/andere-talen/english/tourism-kortrijk/visit-kortrijk
Miscellaneous: As the title suggests a guide to the beers brewed i Belgium and good places to try them. In Kortrijk it took us to "De Klokke" on Grotemarkt and not disapointed.
The book is written by Tim Webb and is available from Camra in the UK.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
wandeljp Says: New energy The wind is not only the energy from the past. As elsewhere in the country, Kortrijk is not left to recover the cheap energy of the wind!You will find the four turbines on the hills on your bike routes (see map with benchmarks) A new way to use free energy from...
wandeljp Says: The mill and backery museum The mill also called mill Vanneste of the name of its former owner was built in 1841. It was not only used for grinding grain but also to grind the flax crop in the important area in the past and still now (but for different reasons) to extract...
pieter_jan_v Says: .The local Tourist Office (Dienst Toerisme) is located at:Begijnhofpark8500 KortrijkTel: +32-56-277840 Opening hours:April through september:Mo-Fr: 9AM - 6PMSA-Su: 10AM - 5PMOctober through March:Mo-Fr: 9AM - 5PMSA-Su: 10AM - 4PMKortrijk mapDigital Region KortrijkKortrijk...
pieter_jan_v Says: The local Kortrijk Police is organised together with Kuurne and Lendelede.The main Politie station (commissariaat "Centrum") is located at Oude-Vestingsstraat 2 A.Tel: +32-56-239611The Politieshop is located at Sint-Jansstraat 9.Tel: +32-56-247811 Telephone Alarmnumbers:101...
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KORTRIJK VT MEETING 9th MAY 2009
What I like with the West Flanders VT meetings is that they take me to places where I have never been. OK, I knew all industrial areas around Kortrijk but nothing from the historical centre. Thank......
After adding a VT meeting in Ieper two years ago which was a great success, we really wanted to add the Kortrijk VT meeting. Actually my husband had to work that day, however thanks to one of his kind...
Hi! Courtrai (Kortrijk) is the city were I live since I was born. It's a very nice city (the capital of South West-Flanders) with a large historical background & heritage. Hope to see you soon in...
Kortrijk with our guides Patrick and Lea
Our guide Lea leading Zohara and us into a dark, narrow and deep alley in Kortrijk.....will we ever return or come out the other side?? See more.... Yes, we did come out and enjoy Kortrijk.
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