🇧🇪 Belgium
137 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 Arenberg Castle, 2 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Royal Palace of Brussels — #226 of 8,133 worldwide — 24 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castle of Vêves, founded c. 650.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Belgium (80), Netherlands (55), Germany (2).
24 km west · Palace & château · #226 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.
24 km west · Palace & château · #255 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.
21 km west · Palace & château · #293 worldwide
The Stoclet Palace, also known as the Stoclet House, is a historic mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
2 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.
25 km west · Palace & château
The Egmont Palace, also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace, is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium.
20 km west · Palace & château
The Château of Val Duchesse is a château and estate in the municipality of Auderghem in Brussels, Belgium.
14 km south-west · Ruin
Tervuren Castle was a moated castle constructed by the dukes of Brabant, which later became a royal residence and hunting lodge for the governors of…
32 km north-west · Fortress
Fort Breendonk is a former military installation at Breendonk, near Mechelen, Belgium, which served as a Nazi prison camp during the German…
44 km north-west · Fortress
Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports.
48 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.
30 km north · 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…
31 km south-west · Castle
Beersel Castle is a medieval castle located in Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
32 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…
57 km east · Castle
Alden Biesen is a 16th-century castle in the small village of Rijkhoven, municipality of Bilzen, province of Limburg, Belgium.
37 km west · Castle
Gaasbeek Castle is a castle located in Lennik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Nowadays, it serves as a national museum. It is surrounded by a park.
27 km west · Castle
Bouchout Castle (Dutch: Kasteel van Bouchout, pronounced [kɑˈsteːl vɑm ˈbuxʌut]; French: Château de Bouchout, pronounced [ʃɑto d bukawt]) is a castle…
60 km east · Fortress
The Fort de Loncin is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century.
55 km south-east · Fortress
The Citadel of Huy or the Fort of Huy, known locally as The Castle, is a fortress located in the Walloon city of Huy in the province of Liège,…
38 km south · Castle
The Castle of Corroy-le-Château is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Château, near Gembloux, in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium.
+ 22 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
69 km east · Fortress · #233 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…
72 km west · Castle · #348 worldwide
The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium.
98 km 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…
78 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château de Belœil is a château situated in the municipality of Belœil in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
84 km south · Palace & château
The Royal Castle of Ciergnon or Ciergnon Castle is a residence and summer retreat of the Belgian royal family situated near the town of Ciergnon in…
75 km south · Castle
Walzin Castle is a castle in the district of Dréhance in the city of Dinant, part of Namur Province in Wallonia, Belgium.
72 km west · Palace & château
The Prinsenhof or Hof ten Walle was a historic building in Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium.
76 km south · Castle
The Castle of Vêves occupies a rocky platform in Wallonia just outside the village of Celles, in the province of Namur, Belgium.
66 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.
85 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.
80 km west · Castle
Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium. The castle is the residence of the current Count t'Kint de Roodenbeke.
79 km east · Ruin
Valkenburg Castle is a ruined castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. It is unique in the Netherlands in that it is the only castle in the…
+ 84 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q118958.
The Castlemap atlas maps 137 landmarks (75 castles · 31 fortresses · 21 palaces & châteaux · 10 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Leuven, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Arenberg Castle, a palace 2 km south-west of the city centre.
Royal Palace of Brussels, ranked #226 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 24 km west from Leuven.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castle of Vêves, founded c. 650 — 76 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Brussels (25 km) · Geel (37 km) · Antwerp (44 km) · Hasselt (45 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
