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By the end of 2010, all of our trains will have been refurbished, so if you are nostalgic about the old furniture, treat yourself to a collector's item!
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FROM STREPY-THIEU TO MONS... BLESS THE HERITAGE (LA LOUVIERE - MONS)
Hainault houses one of the flagships of this Belgian genius. The funicular lift of Strépy-Thieu with its spectacle track "Land of Geniuses" is truly an exceptional work of art
Learn about the history of beer in the Brewery Saint-Feuillien, about the savoir faire of the master brewer and taste all the flavours of his beers.
Visit the historic centre (15th-18th c.) of Mons, with its ancient, civil and religious patrimony.
In the Tourist Board, you will get the chance to see a multimedia spectacle on the region of Mons.
Also in Mons, the House Jean Lescarts, current Museum of Folklore and Life in Mons.
Not to be missed, the guided visit with tasting of beers brewed on the spot, the micro-brewery Brasse-Temps, the antenna of the brewery Dubuisson of Pipaix.
Comment:
Strépy-Thieu, Le Roeulx, Havré, Mons. ( 20 km) - car.
Practical info:
Funicular lift of Strépy-Thieu
Tel: +32 (0)64/ 67.12.00 - strepythieu@skynet.be
Brewery Saint-Feuillien - Rue d'Houdeng, 20 in 7070 Le Roeulx
Tel.: +32 (0)64/ 31.18.18 - www.st-feuillien.com - info@st-feuillien.com
Museum of Folklore and Life in Mons - Rue Neuve in 7000 Mons
Tel.: +32 (0)65/ 31.43.57 - www.mons.be
Micro-brewery Brasse-Temps - Boulevard Initialis, 1 in 7000 Mons
Tel.: +32 (0)65/ 84.94.14 - www.br-dubuisson.com - www.moresto.be
House of Cyclists in Mons - Rue de la Poterie 17 à 7000 Mons
Tél.: +32 (0)65/ 84.95.81 - www.provelo.org - mons@provelo.org
Extra information:
Park of the Channels and Castles:
Hydraulic Lifts of the Canal du Centre, inclined plan of Ronquières, Domain of the Castle of Seneffe, Royal Museum of Mariemont, Mine Site of Bois-du-Luc, Castle of Ecaussinnes-Lalang, Royal Centre of Earthenware Boch,...
Mons:
Museum of Military History, Mundaneum, Chapel Sainte-Calixte, Treasure of the Collegiate Sainte-Waudru, Museum Saint-Rémy, Museum of Fine-Arts, Van Gogh House, Museum François Duesberg, Espace Earth and Material, l'Amusette, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Vieux Nimy, Jazz House.
Tourist House of the Park of Channels and Castles - Rue du Bouvy, 11 in 7100 La Louvière. Tel: +32 (0)64/26 15 00
Tourist House of the Region of Mons - Grand-Place, 22 in 7000 Mons
Tel: +32 (0)65/33 55 80.
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MICROBREWERY LE BRASSE-TEMPS (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE)
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BREWERY ST-FEUILLIEN S.A. (LE ROEULX)Fourth generation of brewers of the Family Friart with still as much enthusiasm and know-how. The tasty St-Feuillien (triple) is bottled in magnum champagne bottles. Visitors will be enchanted by the hop poles in the beautifully renovated courtyard of the brewery. |
DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM FRANCOIS DUESBERG (MONS)In the former building of the National Bank of Belgium (19th C.), this genuine Museum of decorative arts (1775-1825) exhibits not only a prestigious collection of exotic clocks, unique of its kind in the world, but also french gilded bronzes, porcelains, crockery, goldsmith's works, engravings, bindings and unusual objects. |
EARTH AND MATTER EXHIBITION - POLYTECHNIC FACULTY OF MONS (MONS)Restored floor from the school of Houdain (18th c.). Listed monument. Polytechnic faculty of Mons. Thematic exhibitions: science of the earth, new technologies and art related to science. |
ECOMUSEUM OF BOIS-DU-LUC (HOUDENG-AIMERIES)The Bois-du-Luc, a mining site listed as exceptional Walloon heritage, invites you to discover the work and daily life of a miner and his family. At the end of the 19th century, the Société des Charbonnages du Bois-du-Luc (created in 1685) founded the Saint-Emmanuel pit. Nearby it created a unique village model. At the village, which was under the supervision of the Director, the workers could eat (grocery, butcher, mill-brewery), get treatment (home, hospital), relax (hall, park and kiosk, leisure activities), learn (schools, library) and pray (Saint-Barbe church).
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ESTATE OF THE SENEFFE CASTLE - SILVER MUSEUM (SENEFFE)The Castle of Seneffe calls on all your senses to discover the new permanent plates collection from the French-speaking Community. |
FORTIFIED CASTLE OF ECAUSSINNES-LALAING (ECAUSSINNES-LALAING)Still marked with medieval austerity, this historical monument keeps alive the memory of the big families who lived here: the Lalaings, the Croÿs, the van der Burchs. Whilst the ground floor (dungeon, gothic chapel, ancient kitchen, arms room) evokes the Middle Ages, the first floor calls back to mind the 17th century. The very varied collections make the fortress an interesting museum. |
GIANT BOAT LIFT OF STREPY-THIEU (THIEU)A visit to the lift is full of discoveries: an huge engine room, a wonderful panoramic view of the site as a whole and its surrounding region, a film about the building and operation of the lift enlivened by animated models and interactive games, an exhibition of fossils found during the excavations and the interactive tour "Pays des Génies", where you can experience the greatest moments in the history of Belgian creativity in such diverse fields as art, music, painting, sports or comic strips in company of famous Belgians. However, visiting the boat lift, is also having the possibility to cross it by boat! |
INCLINED PLANE OF RONQUIERES AND EXHIBITION "UN BATEAU, UNE VIE" (RONQUIERES)"A boat, a life". With the help of infra-red headphones, follow the barge in its daily world (three-dimensional scenes, modern audiovisual techniques, giant wall-screens, automata, etc.). See the barges enter and leave the locks. Watch a film explaining the inclined plane. From the top of the tower, enjoy an exceptional panoramic view, with an audio-guide about the "Petites Ardennes" region. Take a relaxing and unforgettable trip to the big lock at Ittre on a comfortable riverboat...On Sunday, cross the inclined plane in a boat and discover this fabulous site thanks to its brand new Visitor Centre: panoramic elevators, glass bridge overlooking the site... |
LA MAISON DU JAZZ EN HAINAUT (HOUSE OF JAZZ) (MONS)La Maison du Jazz in Hainaut, asbl, Centre Culturel: 10 000 rare discs and videos to listen to - unedited photos and documents on permanent display - a well endowed library and picture library - manuscripts of copies of famous recordings... for the benefit of all jazz friends and amateurs: collectors, students, journalists, musicians, etc. |
MUNDANEUM (MONS)The Mundaneum is located in an old large Art Déco store. It is an archive centre, a place for temporary exhibitions, conferences and debates that wants to let relive the utopian view of its two founders in 1895: bibliographer Paul Otlet and Henri Lafontaine, winner of the Nobel prize for peace (1913). The Mundaneum has an exhibition room designed by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters. |
MUSEUM OF FOLKLORE AND CUSTOMS OF MONS (MAISON JEAN LESCARTS) (MONS)Old infirmary of the Convent of the daughters of Our Lady (1636). Local folkore (Procession of the Golden Coach and the medieval fight, called "Lumeçon"), shop signs, furniture, audio-visual. |
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF MONS (MONS)Nice setting to discover nature. Presentation of a great variety of animals and environments. Educational complex on zoology and ecology. Natural science. Library, conference room, video. Documentation centre on biodiversity. Activities for pupils of all ages. Temporary themed activities. |
MUSEUM OF THE SAINT-REMY CHURCH (CUESMES)Church of contemporary architecture, typical of modern religious art. Inaugurated in 1996. Museum in the triforium (upstairs): collection of some hundred pieces, belonging to the heritage of the Saint Rémy parish. Listed mechanical Merklin organ (1857), wonderfully restored. Baptismal fonts (1579), revolving tabernacle, monstrance "Soleil de Bettignies" (1706), Plantin's missal (1620), beautiful old copes, way of the cross (19th c). |
ROYAL MUSEUM OF MARIEMONT (MORLANWELZ-MARIEMONT)Mariemont is among others: an 45 hectares English style park, the ruins of the palace of Charles de Lorraine; the Bourgeois of Calais, of Rodin; the world's finest Tournai porcelain collection ; hundreds of works from Egypt, Greece and Rome such as the monumental statue of Cleopatra (5 tons), frescos from the villa of Boscoréale (Pompeii) or the Arès Somzée; the most complete collection of Chinese antiquities in Belgium; a tea pavilion, numerous collections from Japan, Korea, Vietnam; archaeological and historical collections on the region of the Centre; rare manuscripts and autographs, thousands of precious books and many other treasures... |
SINT-CALIXTE'S CHAPEL (MONS)The St-Calixte's Chapel (11th century) has been restored and houses the Museum of the Count's Castle (archeological discoveries, medieval iconography...), audiovisual show.
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THE HYDRAULIC LIFTS OF THE HISTORIC CANAL DU CENTRE (HOUDENG-GOEGNIES)Embark on a journey on the Historic Canal of the Centre. Crossing of the hydraulic lift(s) listed as World Heritage by UNESCO. In the past, each of these four elevators were built in order to bridge a height difference of 17 m, and this with only one energy source: water!
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TREASURY OF THE ST-WAUDRU'S COLLEGIATE CHURCH (MONS)One of the most beautiful collections of goldsmith's works in Belgium (12th-19th C.). Statues, paintings,... located in the magnificent St-Waudru's Collegiate Church which was erected between the 15th and the 17th C. in the Gothic style of Brabant. There you have the chance to admire the splendid albaster statues of Jacques DU BROEUCQ (16th C.) and the high windows from 1510-1511. |
VAN GOGH'S HOUSE (CUESMES)La Maison du Marais, the house were |
VIEUX-NIMY MUSEUM (NIMY)Director of the local primary school's house (1871).
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MAISON DU TOURISME DE LA REGION DE MONS (MONS)Prestigious collections of works of art are housed in the several museums of the city like for example the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Decorative Arts. |
MAISON DU TOURISME DU PARC DES CANAUX ET CHATEAUX (LA LOUVIERE)The Canals and the River Tourism |
