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Touring Perk in Belgium

Perk in the region of Flanders is located in Belgium - some 9 mi or ( 14 km ) North-East of Brussels , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Perk

Time in Perk is now 04:45 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Brussels " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Utrecht, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Zemst. Being here already, consider visiting Utrecht . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Perk ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Rival Sons: Pressure & Time + Soul + I Want More @ AB Brussels 2012

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Rival Sons: Pressure & Time + Soul + I Want More @ AB Brussels 2012 ..

Brussels Airport

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A montage of Brussels Airport! (BRU/EBBR) ..


Freebird Airlines cabin Airbus A321 TC-FBT

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Freebird Airlines cabin Airbus A321 TC-FBT (i do not own this song) ..

A380 first landing 25R Brussels National

1:24 min by lindert Umans
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A380 25R first landing ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Laurence Owen

Laurence Rochon "Laurie" Owen was a Hall of Fame American figure skater. She was the 1961 U.S. National Champion and represented the United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where she placed 6th. She was the daughter of Maribel Vinson and Guy Owen and the sister of Maribel Owen. Owen died, along with her mother, sister and the entire United States Figure Skating team, in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships.

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Located at 50.93 4.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1944 births, 1961 deaths, American female single skaters, Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Olympic figure skaters of the United States, People from Berkeley, California, People from Winchester, Massachusetts, Sportspeople from Massachusetts, Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Belgium

Sabena Flight 548

Sabena Flight 548, registration OO-SJB, was a Boeing 707 aircraft that crashed en route to Brussels, Belgium, from New York City on February 15, 1961, killing the entire United States Figure Skating team on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The flight, which originated at New York International Airport, Anderson Field (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), crashed on approach to Brussels' Zaventem Airport.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.93 4.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1961 in Belgium, 1961 in figure skating, Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961, Aviation accidents and incidents in Belgium, Figure skating, Sabena accidents and incidents

Brussels Airport

Brussels Airport (also called Brussel Nationaal/Bruxelles-National/Brussel-Zaventem) is an international airport 6 NM northeast of Brussels, Belgium. The airport is partially in Zaventem and partially in the Diegem area of Machelen, both located in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Brussels Airport currently consists of 54 contact gates, and a total of 109 gates. It is home to around 260 companies, together directly employing 20,000 people.

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Located at 50.90 4.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Airports established in 1940, Airports in Belgium, Buildings and structures in Flemish Brabant, Transport in Brussels, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - European

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ten Troost

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ten Troost Kerk (Church of Our Lady of Consolation), simply known as the Troostkerk, is a basilica in Vilvoorde, Belgium. The history of the church and its Carmelite monastery (the oldest in Western Europe) go back 800 years. It was consecrated as a basilica on May 7, 2006 by Cardinal Godfried Danneels.

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Located at 50.93 4.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Basilica churches in Belgium, Churches in Flemish Brabant

Vilvoorde Viaduct

The Vilvoorde viaduct is part of the R0 Brussels beltway. Built as the last piece to close the Brussels beltway in 1977, it allowed the beltway to be opened for traffic on December 29 the same year. It crosses several roads, the river Zenne, the Brussels-Scheldt canal, a railroad and the (then) Renault factory. Today's daily traffic is about 140.000 vehicles, while the saturation point is about 180.000.

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Located at 50.91 4.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 1977, Viaducts

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