Aalst

Aalst is in East Flanders, Belgium. A medium-sized town by Belgian standards, with a population of around 77,000 people. Wikivoyage

Population 88,854 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Belgium

• 100AmbulanceAmbulance
• 100FireFire
• 101PolicePolice
• 102AwelAwel
• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Belgium

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Belfort Museum · 80 m
• Sint-Martinuskerk Church · 130 m
• Roodkapje Monument · 840 m
• Sint-Jozefkerk Church · 440 m
• Sint-Catharinakerk Church · 500 m
• Nationaal oorlogsmonument Aalst Memorial · 250 m
• QuARTier A Gallery · 680 m
• Stedelijk Museum 't Gasthuys Museum · 230 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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   Aalst Carnival

   February – March

   The Carnival of Aalst (Dutch: Aalst Carnaval, Brabantian: Oilsjt Carnaval) is an annual three-day event in Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium. The carnival is celebrated in the days preceding Ash Wednesday.

   Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Friture 4
• Local 2
• French 2
• Steak house 2
• Sandwich 2
• Italian 2
• Chinese 2
• Kebab 2

All 51 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Stadspark 770 m across 1.1 km
• Het Osbroek 1.1 km across 1.6 km
• Osbroek - Stedelijke sportterreinen 480 m across 1.1 km
• Zwembadpark 470 m across 1.3 km

Getting around

• Aalst 550 m
• Aalst-Kerrebroek 1.5 km
• Erembodegem 2.3 km
• Haaltert 3.6 km
• Vijfhuizen 4.0 km
• Welle 4.0 km

More train stations: Ede 4.7 km, Lede 5.2 km, Erpe-Mere 5.4 km, Denderleeuw 5.6 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.