Belgium
195 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Borrekens Castle, 16 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Royal Palace of Brussels — #225 of 9,079 worldwide — 57 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Palace of Aachen, founded c. 795.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Belgium (95), Netherlands (95), Germany (5).
16 km west · Castle
Borrekens Castle, known also as Vorselaar Castle or Kasteel de Borrekens, is a castle within the municipality of Vorselaar, in the Belgian province…
57 km south-west · Palace & château · #225 worldwide
The Royal Palace of Brussels is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital, Brussels.
54 km south-west · Palace & château · #256 worldwide
The Palace of Laeken or Castle of Laeken is the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians and the Belgian royal family.
54 km south-west · Palace & château · #292 worldwide
The Stoclet Palace, also known as the Stoclet House, is a historic mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
47 km west · Fortress
Fort Breendonk is a former military installation at Breendonk, near Mechelen, Belgium, which served as a Nazi prison camp during the German…
42 km west · Fortress
Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports.
30 km west · Fortress
The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city…
39 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château of Arenberg or Arenberg Castle is a Flemish Renaissance style château in Heverlee, close to Leuven, Belgium. It is surrounded by a park.
51 km south-east · Castle
Alden Biesen is a 16th-century castle in the small village of Rijkhoven, municipality of Bilzen, province of Limburg, Belgium.
57 km south-west · Palace & château
The Egmont Palace, also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace, is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium.
53 km south-west · Castle
Bouchout Castle (Dutch: Kasteel van Bouchout, pronounced [kɑˈsteːl vɑm ˈbuxʌut]; French: Château de Bouchout, pronounced [ʃɑto d bukawt]) is a castle…
50 km north · Castle
Breda Castle is a castle in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. In the 12th century, a fortress was located at Breda.
54 km west · Palace & château
Bornem Castle, also known as the Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde Castle, is a country house, formerly a castle, located in Bornem, province of Antwerp,…
+ 32 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
63 km south-east · Fortress · #234 worldwide
Fort Eben-Emael is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, outside the…
89 km west · Castle · #341 worldwide
The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium.
88 km south-east · Palace & château
The Palace of Aachen was a group of buildings with residential, political, and religious purposes chosen by Charlemagne to be the center of power of…
100 km north · Palace & château
Huis Doorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦœyz ˈdoːrn]; English: House Doorn) is a manor house and national museum in the town of Doorn in the Netherlands.
73 km north · Castle
Loevestein Castle is a medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands.
78 km south · Fortress
The Citadel of Namur is a fortress in the Walloon capital city of Namur, at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers.
90 km west · Palace & château
The Prinsenhof or Hof ten Walle was a historic building in Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium.
98 km north · Castle
Amerongen Castle was built between 1674 and 1680, on the site of a medieval castle that had been burned down by the French in 1673.
69 km south-west · Castle
The Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud…
65 km south-west · Castle
Beersel Castle is a medieval castle located in Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
70 km south-east · Palace & château
The Palace of the Prince-Bishops is a historic building situated on the Place Saint-Lambert in the centre of Liège, Belgium.
70 km east · Castle
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg.
+ 138 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q464454.
The Castle Map atlas maps 195 landmarks (115 castles · 33 fortresses · 29 palaces & châteaux · 18 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Geel, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Borrekens Castle, a castle 16 km west of the city centre.
Royal Palace of Brussels, ranked #225 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 57 km south-west from Geel.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Palace of Aachen, founded c. 795 — 88 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Hasselt (35 km) · Leuven (37 km) · Antwerp (42 km) · Tilburg (45 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
