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Hainaut

Urbain art – Place Verte loop from Charleroi-Central

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Wallonia
Hainaut

Urbain art – Place Verte loop from Charleroi-Central

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Urbain art – Place Verte loop from Charleroi-Central

01:51

7.03km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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680 m

Passage De La Bourse

Highlight • Monument

At the end of the 19th century, the city authorities wanted to give Charleroi the appearance of a large city, with its parks, alleys, boulevards and monuments.
Schools, a stock …

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2

1.60 km

Urbain art

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This is a work of Alalata asbl & Art Mural asbl

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3

2.52 km

Totor and Tutur Lion Statues

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The two animals still have traces of scratches from bullets fired by the Germans in August 1914.
Source: charleroi-discovery.be | Totor and Tutur / F. Dierick

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4

2.76 km

View of La Tour Bleue

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La Tour Bleue: Designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture, an internationally renowned group of architects, this tower houses the city's police station. The project was awarded the 'Best …

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5.10 km

Queen Astrid Park

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The demolition of the fortifications at the end of the sixties of the nineteenth century gave Charleroi a lot of space. The municipal government decided in 1867 to construct several …

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5.75 km

Gaston Lagaffe Statue and Car

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The comic images are currently not available for viewing. They had to be repaired after only 2 years.

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7

5.78 km

Place Verte

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In 2016, this square got its historic name back, namely place Verte. That name dates back to the time of Louis XIV when this square was just a grassland, surrounded by a lane with linden trees.

Source: pivotmedia.tourismewallonie.be/OTH-A0-006O-5HIE/OTH-A0-006O-5HIE.pdf

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5.86 km

The post office

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As with the railway, in the postal sector, Charleroi was an avant-garde administrative city. As early as 1905, a central post office was built in Ville-Haute, which has now disappeared. …

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7.03 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.30 km

2.79 km

912 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.47 km

2.47 km

851 m

230 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 7 June

20°C

11°C

76 %

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