Kortrijk

Kortrijk is a city in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the arrondissement of Kortrijk, which has about 285,000 inhabitants (2014). Wikivoyage

Population 77,741 (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

• Church of Our Lady Church · 470 m
• Kortrijk 1302 Museum · 490 m
• Sint-Maartenskerk Church · 650 m
• Sint-Elooiskerk Church · 490 m
• Chatsjkar Memorial · 680 m
• Kortrijk 1302 Groeningemonument Monument · 820 m
• Texture Kortrijk Museum · 810 m
• Groeningepoort Memorial · 670 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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1. Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk

   February

   Mid-February

   Official site
2. 

   Alcatraz Metal Festival

   August

   Since 2013 it is held in Kortrijk in mid-August

   Official site

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

Eating nearby

• Sandwich 1
• Pasta 1
• Fondue 1
• Friture 1
• Thai 1
• Mexican 1

All 13 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Buda Beach 290 m across 50 m
• Koningin Astridpark 380 m across 620 m
• Groeningepark 350 m across 780 m
• Gebroeders Van Raemdonckpark 570 m across 1.5 km

Getting around

• Kortrijk 1.0 km
• Busterminal 6 De Kreun 1.0 km
• Busterminal 3 Minister Tacklaan 1.1 km
• Bissegem 3.0 km
• Harelbeke 4.2 km

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