Town Hall, Hasselt, Town hall on Limburgplein in Hasselt, Belgium
The Town Hall of Hasselt, called 't Scheep, is a 2018 complex on Limburgplein made of two joined parts. The renovated 1879 Rijkswachtkazerne, known locally as 'Kezerreme', is a brick building with sandstone trim, a round-arched entrance, flower boxes under the windows and a gilded clock in the pediment. Behind it rises a seven-storey glass volume with white mullions, shaped like a ship.
The old town hall on Groenplein had become too small, with municipal services scattered across six locations, so in 2013 the city decided to build anew at the crossing of Guffenslaan and Sint-Jozefsstraat. The 1879 neoclassical Rijkswachtkazerne there, known locally as 'Kezerreme', was renovated and extended with a seven-storey glass volume called 't Scheep. The complex opened in 2018; the former town hall and OCMW buildings were given social-cultural and residential uses.
The site is named Obbe Beek (Op de Beek), after the neighbourhood along the Helbeek where Hasselt is said to have originated. The old Rijkswachtkazerne keeps its Hasselt dialect name 'Kezerreme'. Since 2018 the building has hosted cultural events and exhibitions alongside the city and OCMW services.
The town hall stands on Limburgplein at the crossing of Guffenslaan and Sint-Jozefsstraat. The renovated 1879 Rijkswachtkazerne, known locally as 'Kezerreme', faces Guffenslaan (R70); the glass 't Scheep volume rises behind it. The building is a working municipal office, so visitors should expect service counters rather than a museum layout.
The whole site is named Obbe Beek (Op de Beek), after the neighbourhood along the Helbeek where Hasselt is said to have originated. The new seven-storey volume is nicknamed 't Scheep, "the ship", for its hull-like shape. The design was nominated for the Belgian Construction Prize in 2019.
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