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unusual facts about Nivelles-Baulers


Nivelles-Baulers

Built in 1971, the circuit hosted two rounds of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix in 1972 and 1974 during the time when the race was supposed to alternate between Walloon and Flemish circuits.


Albert Dominicus Trip van Zoudtlandt

Trip's brigade was initially placed astride the Nivelles road, but when Trip noticed the French preparations for Marshal Ney's great cavalry attack after d'Erlon's failed assault on the Allied left wing, he repositioned his brigade to counter that attack to a position south-west of Mont St.

Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch

Éric Vicomte de Spoelberch (Brussels, 15 February 1903 – Nivelles, 27 January 1939) was a Belgian pilot.

Frédéric Peiremans

Frédéric Peiremans (born 3 September 1973 in Nivelles) is a retired Belgian football player who played for Anderlecht, Charleroi, FC Twente, Real Sociedad and SD Eibar, as well as the Belgian national team.

Mundialization

To date, more than 1000 cities and towns have declared themselves World Cities including Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Toronto, Hiroshima, Tokyo, Nivelles, and Königswinter.

Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

A real rarity is the Belgian locomotive No.2179 made by Les Ateliers Metallurgiques Nivelles with the unique wheel arrangement 4-6-2 ("Pacific"), and the only one which has steam brakes.

Quatre Bras

More specifically it refers to the crossroad of the Charleroi-Brussels road (currently named N5) and the Nivelles-Namur road South of Genappe in Wallonia, Belgium.

Uccle-Calevoet railway station

Trains calling at Uccle-Calevoet are local trains running from Nivelles to Leuven, Braine-l'Alleud to Brussels-North, Nivelles to Antwerp-Central, Châtelet to Schaerbeek and Charleroi-Sud to Antwerp Central.

Uccle-Stalle railway station

Trains calling at this station are local trains connecting Brussels-North and Nivelles, Leuven and Nivelles (via Brussels-North), Brussels-North and Charleroi as well as Antwerp-Central and Charleroi (via Brussels-North).

Wilhelm Herget

Herget and his crew bailed out and the Junkers 88 G-1 (Werknummer—factory number 710833) crashed south-west of Nivelles.

Willy Kahle

After this assignment, he returned for further training at Jastaschule II (Fighter School 2), Nivelles, Belgium.


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