Editing Hasselt (section)

==Main sights==
[[File:Herkenrodeabdij1.jpg|thumb|[[Herkenrode Abbey]]]]
[[File:Oud Gasthuis Thonissenlaan.jpg|thumb|''Grauwzustersklooster'', including the Old Inn]]
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* [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[St. Quentin's Cathedral]], seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt]]
* [[Virga Jesse Basilica]], late-[[Baroque architecture|baroque]] and early-[[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] architecture
* [[Herkenrode Abbey]], Cistercian monastery
* [[Beguinage]] of Hasselt
* Grote Markt, including the timber-framed house ''Het Sweert''
* Havermarkt, including the Old Post Office, the Old Courthouse, and the Augustinian Abbey
* Several buildings in the style of [[Mosan Renaissance architecture]], among them the former ''Grauwzustersklooster'' (Abbey of the [[Third Order of Saint Francis|Grey Sisters of the Third Order]])
* Several buildings in the style of [[Eclecticism in architecture|eclectic architecture]], among them the Old Post Office and the Old Provincial Government Building
* [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] Old City Hall
* Refuge of Herkenrode Abbey, the city's oldest civic building
* Old Prison, now housing [[Hasselt University]]
* Oud Kerkhof, historic cemetery
* New City Hall, christened '''t Scheep'' (The Ship)
* New Courthouse
* [[Art Museum Z33]] in the Beguinage
* National [[Jenever]] Museum<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=Hidden Belgium: The Jenever Museum |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/291698/hidden-belgium-the-jenever-museum |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
* City Museum of Hasselt
* Fashion Museum in the former ''Grauwzustersklooster''
* Cultuurcentrum Hasselt
* [[Japanese Garden of Hasselt|Japanese gardens]], the largest in Europe
* Kiewit Nature Park
* [[Kiewit Airfield]] (recreational)

===Events===
*The Virga Jesse festival, featuring a Procession of the historic wooden statue of infant Jesus with Mary, is celebrated every seven years, it will be in August 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hasselt.be/nl/content/1453/virga-jessefeesten.html |title=Hasselt Town Hall's Virga Jesse link |publisher=Hasselt.be |access-date=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319041551/http://www.hasselt.be/nl/content/1453/virga-jessefeesten.html |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref>
*The yearly Jenever Festival celebrates the history of Jenever in Hasselt.
*Hasselt celebrates [[Carnival]], but at a slightly different date than most places.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hasselt.be/nl/press/2817/carnaval-2010-halfvastenweekend.html |title=Hasselt Town Hall's Carnival link |publisher=Hasselt.be |date=15 February 2010 |access-date=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001131351/http://www.hasselt.be/nl/press/2817/carnaval-2010-halfvastenweekend.html |archive-date=1 October 2011 }}</ref>
*The suburb Kiewit is the location of the yearly [[Pukkelpop]] (''Pimple Pop'') festival, one of Europe's largest alternative music festivals with over a hundred concerts. ''Rimpelrock'' (''Wrinkle Rock''), a festival with music for an older audience, is held at the same location one week prior.
*As in most Belgian cities, there is an annual [[Kermesse (festival)|Kermesse]] on a date associated with the local church's patron saint - in this case [[Lambert of Maastricht|Saint Lambert]] -, which takes place in September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hasselt.be/nl/content/6880/b-b-kermis-b-b-in-hasselt.html |title=Hasselt Town Hall's Kermis page |publisher=Hasselt.be |access-date=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319041535/http://www.hasselt.be/nl/content/6880/b-b-kermis-b-b-in-hasselt.html |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref>
*The [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005]] was held in Hasselt.
*The [[Grand Prix van Hasselt]] is a [[cyclo-cross]] race held in November which is part of the [[BPost Bank Trophy]].
*[[Gaz de France Stars]] was a [[WTA Tour]] tennis tournament held in Hasselt from 2004 to 2006.
*The [[European Championship (darts)|European Darts Championship]] was held in the city's [[Trixxo Arena]] three times from 2015-2017.