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BE007

Hasselt, Belgium

my flat on the 2nd floor on the right

my flat on the 2nd floor on the right

park nearby

park nearby

my flat on the 2nd floor on the right park nearby
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Member since

2001


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Exchange dates Duration
October 15, 2025 - September 30, 2026 1 weeks
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Flat in Hasselt, Belgium

My 103 m² brandnew apartment, situated on the second floor (with lift) in the very city centre offers a fully equipped kitchen in a sun filled livingroom, a laundry (with washing machine), 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and 2 bikes in the underground garage.
Hasselt, the capital of the Limburg province, offers nice shopping, outdoor and indoor swimming, 4 museums, a megascope, a theatre, a Japanese garden and lots of restaurants. Nearby is the natural park Midden Limburg, a recreation area with an open air museum on rural architecture. Huge efforts are made to create a bikers paradise (over 1.000 kms of separate bike paths). Sint-Truiden, Diest, Tongeren, Liège, Maastricht and Aachen are also very near. Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges are within easy day access. Hasselt is even a good base to explore Holland, Western Germany and Luxemburg. Seniors over 65, also from abroad, can travel by train all over the country with a return ticket which only costs 7 euro per day.
The nearest airports are Brussels National Airport, Brussels South (Charleroi), Maastricht and Eindhoven.
Through two home exchange organizations I have been exchanging home since 1981 with over 115 families in very different countries all over Europe and in the USA and in Canada. In the Intervac blog you can read an extended interview titled "Belgian family reaches the magic number of 100 exchanges" or you can also google this title.

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Our Family

  • 1 Adults
  • 0 Children
  • 120 Exchanges made

Occupation

  • retired teacher

Our Home

  • House Type: Flat
  • Floor: 2
  • Environment: In the city
  • Bedrooms: 2
  • Bathrooms: 1
  • Sleeping Capacity: 3
  • Total Area: 103 m2

References

In my house

  • Pets - Not allowed
  • Small children - Allowed

Exchange Types

  • Non-simultaneous exchange
  • Home exchange
  • Hospitality offered

Indoor

  • Free internet access
  • Computer available
  • Central heating
  • Washing machine
  • Dishwasher
  • Television

Outdoor

  • Terrace or deck
  • Balcony
  • Garage / private parking
  • Bicycles: 2

Facilities

  • Non-smoking house
  • Lift/Elevator
  • Suitable for disabled people
  • Use/Exchange of car

Our Destination Wish List

  • Europa

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Français
  • Español
  • Deutsch

Occupation

  • retired teacher

Children

  • We do not have children.

Pets

  • We do not have pets.

References

This member has completed 120 home exchanges. Those referenced below may contain feedback/impression from its exchange partners:

Villa La Vecquée, côté jardin.

Seraing, Belgium

BE065
Feedback:

Nous n’avons pas séjourné chez Jos mais Jos est venu en homesitting chez nous. Nous avons eu d’excellents contacts avec lui et tout s’est très bien passé. Nous le remercions d’avoir pris soin de la maison et de nos chats et d’avoir accueilli nos partenaires d’échange irlandais.

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Nuestro jardín

Carcedo de Burgos, Spain

ES1006138
Our garden

Buurmalsen, Netherlands

NL0915

Bernartice u Milevska, Czech Republic

CZ028679

Heidelberg, Germany

DE8016
Salon + coin repas leaving room +meal

Orléans, France

FR070141

Brugge, Belgium

BE1000495
Feedback:

leuk, ruim appartement ! leuke stad ! sublieme ruilfamilie etc …..

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harbor

Vlissingen, Netherlands

NL0350
our apartment level 3 and 4 (in the middle). Fully equipped, free internet access (wifi) in every room.

Bredene, Belgium

BE243

Wien, Austria

AT54741
Feedback:

Überaus zufrieden. Guter Kontakt. Wohnung sehr schön. Große Hilfestellung. Abholung vom Bahnhof. Unterstützung vor Ort durch Familienmitglied.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

NL5213
Der große Balkon

Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

DE1013763

Kavala, Greece

GR116

Spello, Italy

IT52576
Feedback:

I compagni di Jos, mio host e mio guest, sono stati molto amichevoli e disponibili. In Belgio, ad Hasselt, ho trovato una grande casa molto ben posizionata rispetto alle attività commerciali e rispetto alla stazione ferroviaria. I treni, in Belgio, sono puntualissimi ed il costo del biglietto per chi ha più di 65 anni è davvero irrisorio. Per cui abbiamo utilizzato pochissimo l'automobile che Jos ci ha messo a disposizione. Abbiamo visitato diverse città oltre Bruxelles: Lovanio, Anversa, Brugge, ecc..
Questa è la mia prima esperienza di scambio casa e automobile ma sono rimasto favorevolmente impressionato e continuerò con questa forma di vacanza.

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