Willebroek

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Willebroek ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, old spelling: Willebroeck, also Template:Langx) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Template:Ill, Heindonk, Template:Ill, Klein Willebroek, and Willebroek proper. In 2021, Willebroek had a total population of 27,081.<ref name="stat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The total area is 27.41 km².

Willebroek is linked to Brussels by the Willebroek Canal.

Willebroek is also home to the Kanaalfeesten, a yearly festival that takes place throughout the town which includes live concerts (mostly of local bands) and general festival attractions, like a mini roller coaster, a duck shoot, etc. At Klein-Willebroek the Harmonium Art museuM on pump organs is established in the former Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Its iconic bridge over the Willebroek Canal was infamous for the traffic jams it caused, even making it the subject of a song: De Brug van Willebroek by Wannes Van de Velde.

See also

• Fort Breendonk

External links

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• Official website - Available only in Dutch
• Local history & dialect website - Available only in Dutch

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