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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Tervuren

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Tervuren, Belgium

Updated December 2, 2020

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Tervuren, Belgium

Royal Museum for Central Africa Natural History Collections

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.
Bandundu Water Jazz Band

Tervuren, Belgium

Bandundu Water Jazz Band

A jazz band formed by African water animals in the heart of Flemish Brabant.
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Cook & Book

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
3 miles from Tervuren

Brussels, Belgium

Bibliotheca Wittockiana

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.
3 miles from Tervuren

Brussels, Belgium

Autoworld

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.
5 miles from Tervuren

Brussels, Belgium

Temple of Human Passions

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
5 miles from Tervuren
Main hall of the Wiertz Museum

Brussels, Belgium

Wiertz Museum

The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.
5 miles from Tervuren
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