WE WISH YOU WELCOME IN MONS

SHAPE NEWCOMERS 2007

MONS REGION TOURIST OFFICE22, Grand-Place 7000 MONS

From MONS to:

BRUSSELS: 56 km

NAMUR: 76 km

ANTWERPEN: 103 km

BRUGGE: 119 km

GENT: 92 km

PARIS: 250 km

AMSTERDAM: 275 km

WHERE IS MONS ?

THE HISTORIC CITY

• The Belfry Tower

• The gothic Town Hall

• The Saint-Waudru Collegiate church

• The Grand-Hornu / MAC’s

• The BAM (Fine Arts Mons)

• The Van Gogh House

ARTS AND MUSEUMS

• The DOUDOU (Procession of the Golden Coach & the Lumeçon-called fight / 3rd June 2007 – 18th May 2008)

• The Carnival in Binche, City of the Gilles (From 3rd to 5th February 2008)

• The Giants of Ath (26th August 2007 - 24th August 2008)

EVENTS (UNESCO)

• PARADISIO in Brugelette, a bird’s paradise

• The boat-lifts on the “Canal du Centre”

• The “Hauts-Pays”

NATURE

ACCOMMODATION• 16 hotels (from ** to ****)

• A Youth Hostel in the heart of the city

GASTRONOMY• From tradition and local

products to high gastronomy.

HOTELS & GASTRONOMY

• Bus TEC # 15 from SHAPE to Mons.

• Use the free buses in the City Centre (3 lines)

TEC HainautPlace Léopold 9a

7000 Mons065/38 88 11

www.infotec.be

Public Transport from SHAPE to Mons

Entertainment

• Theatres

• Cinema “Plaza Art” & “Imagix Mons”

• “Festival au Carré” From 1st to 15th July 2007

Shopping

• Shopping streets in the historic city centre

• Shopping centre “Les Grands Prés”

MONS REGION TOURIST OFFICE

22, Grand-Place

7000 MONS

BELGIUMPhone: 065/33.55.80

Mail: ot1@ville.mons.be

URL: www.monsregion.com

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