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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.

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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

Musée du Coeur

This section of the Art and History Museum's collections at the Cinquantenaire explores the symbolism of the heart in Western society.

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

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