Transfer from Brussels Airport to La Hulpe

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La Hulpe (Dutch: Terhulpen) is a Walloon municipality in Walloon Brabant.

The municipality of La Hulpe is 20 km south-east of Brussels.

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The name of La Hulpe can be derived from the Celtic word helpe, "the silver river". That’s why the brooks that water La Hulpe is called today L'Argentine.

The presence of human activity goes back to 10,000 years BC at this site. The village was actually founded by the Duke of Brabant. La Hulpe still keeps two hamlets, Gaillemarde in the west and Malaise-Bakenbos in the east. The town was granted municipal rights by a charter signed by Henri I on 3 June 1320. It became a mairie, and kept its status until 1792. The pillory standing beside the church was pulled down under the French rule; later it was partially restored and now can be seen in the town hall. When Belgium became independent, La Hulpe lost its administrative and political functions and was incorporated into the canton of Wavre.

La Hulpe’s old church was mentioned in a document dated 1226. The building of the church, lest the tower and the central nave, were radically rebuilt, for the last time in 1906. The King Baudouin's Memorial was built behind the church, close to the oak commemorating the centenary of Belgium.

For three centuries, La Hulpe’s main economic activity was paper-making industry, worked here due to the closeness to Brussels and the availability of pure water. The first paper mill was set up on the Grand Etang. In 1664, King of Spain Philip II allowed the foundation of the "Imperial and Royal Paper Manufacture" in La Hulpe. Paper-making industry was suppressed in 1970.

The castle of La Hulpe, built in French style in 1842, was purchased by Count Ernest Solvay in 1893 and was given to the Belgian state by his grandson, Ernest-John Solvay, in 1968. The castle has a 227-ha domain with pastures, woods and ponds, called as Domaine Solvay. The domain was protected for its aesthetic value by Royal Decree on 10 June 1963, then registered on the Walloon main heritage list in 1993, and eventually listed as a Natura 2000 site.

The farm of the castle, built in 1833, is now the seat of the Folon Foundation. Jean-Michel Folon (1934–2005) is known as a famous and popular illustrator and poster designer of the second half of last century. Folon donated to the foundation more than 300 of his pieces and organized their scenographic presentation in the former farm. The presentation welcomed 80,000 visitors during its first year of existence (2000).

Another famous inhabitant of La Hulpe was the first Belgian aviator, Baron Pierre de Caters (1875–1944), whose estate is called today Domaine de Nysdam. In 1909-1910, he flew in air shows all over Europe and founded the Aviator company to build the Aviatik biplanes under a Farman licence. Caters holds many records: he was the first Belgian aviator (Sin't Job-in't-Goor, November 1909), the first Belgian licensed pilot (Aéro-Club de Belgique, 2 December 1909), kilometer gold medal awardee in 1909, the first Belgian aircraft manufacturer and the first instructor of the nascent Belgian Air Force.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication's headquarters are located in La Hulpe.