# Things to see in Zoutleeuw (Belgium): 74 places and when to go

> Zoutleeuw is a town in Belgium, and this site lists 74 places in and around it, mainly History (39), Nature (19), Wildlife (18). The best known are Saint Leonard's Church, Zoutleeuw, Sint-Truiden Abbey and Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Kortenbos. The best time to come is April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 15 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 44. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/zoutleeuw/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Belgium · 50.8332, 5.1034
- **Places:** 74 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/historia/) (39) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/naturaleza/) (19) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/fauna/) (18) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/espiritual/) (13) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/senderismo/) (10) · [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/gastronomia/) (7)
- **Best time:** April to October and December.
- **Also possible:** January to March and November.
- **Nearest airport:** LGG Grâce-Hollogne, 32 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Zoutleeuw

The places in and around Zoutleeuw, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Saint Leonard's Church, Zoutleeuw](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-leonarduskerk/): Church in Zoutleeuw, Belgium · 27 m
- [Sint-Truiden Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/abdij-sint-truiden/): Former Benedictine monastery in Sint-Truiden (named after Saint Trudo) in the province of Limburg Belgium · 6.2 km
- [Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Kortenbos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/basiliek-onze-lieve-vrouw-van-kortenbos/): Church in Kortenbos, Belgium · 9.9 km
- [Heylissem Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/chateau-d-helecine/): Former abbey in Hélécine, Belgium · 13 km
- [Sint-Agnesbegijnhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-agnesbegijnhof/): Church in Sint-Truiden, Belgium · 6.5 km
- [Sint-Germanus church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-germanuskerk/): Roman-catholic church located in Tienen, Belgium · 12 km
- [Avernassetombe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/avernassetom/): Tumulus in Belgium · 14 km
- [Drie Tommen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/drie-tumuli/): Tumulus in Tienen, Belgium · 11 km
- [Hasselbrouck Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/kasteel-hasselbroek/): Castle in Hasselbroek, Belgium · 14 km
- [Kasteel van Ordingen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/kasteel-van-ordingen/): History · 9.4 km
- [Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Poelkerk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/onze-lieve-vrouw-ten-poelkerk/): Church in Tienen, Belgium · 12 km
- [Paterskerk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/paterskerk/): Church in Tienen, Belgium · 12 km
- [Mariënlof Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/abdij-marienlof/): Monastery · 18 km
- [Clovisbron](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/clovisbron/): Spring in Brustem, Sint-Truiden · 8.7 km
- [Drie Tommen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/drie-tommen/): Tumuli in Montenaken, Belgium · 14 km
- [Heilig-Kruiskerk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/heilig-kruiskerk/): Church in Sint-Truiden, Belgium · 5.9 km
- [Kapel van Helshoven](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/kapel-van-helshoven/): Chapel in Belgium · 13 km
- [Nieuwerkerken Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/kasteel-van-nieuwerkerken/): Castle in Belgium · 7.9 km
- [Metsterenmolen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/metsterenmolen/): Watermill in Metsteren, Belgium · 5.5 km
- [Sint-Eucheriuskapel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-eucheriuskapel/): Chapel in Sint-Truiden, Belgium · 9.0 km
- [Sint-Genovevakerk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-genovevakerk/): Church in Oplinter, Belgium · 8.0 km
- [Sint-Jan de Doperkerk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-jan-de-doperkerk/): Church in Walsbets (Landen), Belgium · 11 km
- [Sint-Jansbergklooster Zelem](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-jansbergklooster/): Monastery in Zelem, Belgium · 15 km
- [Sint-Quirinuskerk (Bunsbeekà](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-quirinuskerk/): Romanesque and Gothic church located in Bunsbeek, a village in the Belgian municipality of Glabbeek in the province of Flemish Brabant · 11 km

And the other 50, by what you come to do:

- **History**: [city hall of Tienen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/stadhuis-tienen/), [Town hall of Zoutleeuw](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/stadhuis-zoutleeuw/), [Torenburcht](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/torenburcht/), [Tumulus of Betz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/tumulus-bortombe/), [Tumulus of Brustem](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/tumulus-van-brustem/), [Tumulus of Middelwinden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/tumulus-van-middelwinden/), [Twee Tommen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/twee-tommen/), [tumulus of Waesmont](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/waasmontse-tom/), [Brouwerij & Alcoholstokerij Wilderen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/brouwerij-alcoholstokerij-wilderen/), [Château de la Motte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/chateau-de-la-motte/), [Château de Looz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/chateau-de-looz/), [De Verborgen Parel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/de-verborgen-parel/), [Kamerijckhoeve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/kamerijckhoeve/), [L'Epicurie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/l-epicurie/), [Michaelhoeve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/michaelhoeve/), [t' Nieuwhuys](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/t-nieuwhuys/)
- **Food and drink**: [Kerkom brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/brouwerij-kerkom/), [Brasserie du Flo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/brasserie-du-flo/), [Brouwerij Anders! NV](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/brouwerij-anders-nv/), [Brouwerij Hubie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/brouwerij-hubie/), [Brouwerij van Vissenaken](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/brouwerij-van-vissenaken/)
- **Nature**: [De Beemden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/de-beemden/), [Bosreservaat Aalsterbos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/bosreservaat-aalsterbos/), [Bosreservaat Gasthuisbos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/bosreservaat-gasthuisbos/), [Bosreservaat Groot gasthuisbos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/bosreservaat-groot-gasthuisbos/), [Les Pendées](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/les-pendees/), [Les Tournants](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/les-tournants/), [Natuurdomein Schorrebos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurdomein-schorrebos/), [Natuurdomein Tijlozenbos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurdomein-tijlozenbos/), [Natuurdomein Walsbergen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurdomein-walsbergen/), [Natuurreservaat Aronsthoek](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurreservaat-aronsthoek/), [Natuurreservaat Betserbroek](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurreservaat-betserbroek/), [Natuurreservaat Op d'Hei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurreservaat-op-d-hei/), [Natuurreservaat Sleepenbroek](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurreservaat-sleepenbroek/), [Natuurreservaat Tiens Broek](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/natuurreservaat-tiens-broek/), [Papenbroek](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/papenbroek/), [Tienbunders](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/tienbunders/)
- **Hiking**: [E2 European long distance path](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/european-long-distance-path-e2-east/), [GR 128](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/gr-128-variant-sint-truiden/), [GR 5 België](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/gr-5-belgie/), [GR 564](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/gr-564/), [Streek-GR Hageland](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/streek-gr-hageland/), [Streek-GR Hageland Aanlooproute Station Tienen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/streek-gr-hageland-aanlooproute-station-tienen/), [Streek-GR Haspengouw 13-23](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/streek-gr-haspengouw-13-23/), [Via Christina Maribilis - Van Brustem naar Wellen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/via-christina-maribilis-van-brustem-naar-wellen/), [Via Christina Mirabilis - Van Sint-Truiden naar Brustem](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/via-christina-mirabilis-van-sint-truiden-naar-brustem/), [Via Monastica](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/via-monastica/)
- **With kids**: [Olmenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/olmenhof/), [Plopsaqua Hannut-Landen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/plopsaqua-hannut-landen/), ['tHoevendrieske zorg-kinderboerderij](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/thoevendrieske-zorg-kinderboerderij/)

## When to go to Zoutleeuw

The best time to visit Zoutleeuw is **April to October and December**; also possible: January to March and November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 12 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 45 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 32 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 34 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 17 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 15 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 51 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 20 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 22 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 24 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 38 |
| December | Best time | 7 h 44 |

In June there are 16 h 15 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 44. In April, 74 of the 74 places are at their best.

When to go to Belgium in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Zoutleeuw

The nearest main airport is Liège Airport (LGG, Grâce-Hollogne), 32 km as the crow flies. How to get around Belgium (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=50.8332%2C5.1034)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=50.8332%2C5.1034)

## Other towns nearby

- [Beringen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/beringen/): 36 places · 28 km
- [Leuven](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/leuven/): 80 places · 29 km
- [Hasselt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/hasselt/): 96 places · 30 km
- [Westerlo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/westerlo/): 40 places · 32 km
- [Huy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/huy/): 35 places · 36 km
- [Wavre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/wavre/): 32 places · 39 km

And all of Belgium, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Zoutleeuw?

The best known: [Saint Leonard's Church, Zoutleeuw](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-leonarduskerk/), [Sint-Truiden Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/abdij-sint-truiden/), [Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Kortenbos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/basiliek-onze-lieve-vrouw-van-kortenbos/), [Heylissem Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/chateau-d-helecine/), [Sint-Agnesbegijnhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/belgica/sint-agnesbegijnhof/). In all, 74 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Zoutleeuw?

April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 15 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 44.

### How do you get to Zoutleeuw?

The nearest main airport is Liège Airport (LGG), 32 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=50.8332%2C5.1034) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Zoutleeuw as the destination and these 74 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).