Boat lifts
Between heritage and modernity
Partez à la découverte d’un ensemble d’ouvrages hydrauliques unique au monde et laissez-vous surprendre par la créativité de nos ingénieurs, lesquels ont permis à des générations de bateaux de navigation intérieure de surmonter des reliefs importants au fil des siècles !
Boat lifts
Between heritage and modernity
Partez à la découverte d’un ensemble d’ouvrages hydrauliques unique au monde et laissez-vous surprendre par la créativité de nos ingénieurs, lesquels ont permis à des générations de bateaux de navigation intérieure de surmonter des reliefs importants au fil des siècles !
Visits and excursions
Activities & Heritage
Pilot our boats without a licence!
Discover our Unesco jewels!
Visit the Cantine of the Italians !
Discover the hydraulic lift n°3 of Bracquegnies
Hire electric boats
Season over, see you in 2021! Whether you're alone, as a couple, with family or friends, take the controls of one of our electric boats and sail along the oldest section of the Canal in the Historic Centre to meet Belgium's oldest boat lift, hydraulic lift no. 1 (1888)! Boat trip / Duration:...
Bicycle renting
Starting from the Maison du Tourisme du Pays du Centre, get on one of our bikes and ride along the towpaths to discover our river treasures ! From May to September, from Wednesday to Sunday.From 10 am to 6 pm (last rentals at 5 pm). Prices 2€ / hour 6 € half-day 8 € per day Deposit from...
Museum of Italian Immigration
Go to the emblematic site of the Cantine of the Italians, located on the banks of the Canal of the Historic Centre, and push open the doors of the old workers' barracks to discover, through archive documents and unique testimonies of the time, the history of the living and working conditions of...
