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Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Kortenaken
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Kortenaken
Kortenaken is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Waanrode, 42km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Kortenaken is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 7,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Waanrode, about 4 km away.
Kortenaken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔrtənaːkə(n)]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Hoeleden, Kersbeek-Miskom, Kortenaken proper, Ransberg and Waanrode. On January 1, 2014, Kortenaken had a total population of 7,881. The total area is 49.06Read more
km² which gives a population density of 160,63 inhabitants per km².
Every year in August there used to be a three-day festival in Kortenaken, named Boerenrock, with electro music on Friday, rock music and a party on Saturday, and on Sunday music aimed at children and their parents. The final edition of this festival took place in 2016.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Kortenaken?
Within an hour or so of Kortenaken: Circuit Zolder (17 km), Leuven Town Hall (25 km), Musée Hergé (41 km), Hoge Kempen National Park (42 km).
Are there any good drives near Kortenaken?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Kortenaken?
Kortenaken is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Waanrode.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,374
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9086, 5.0597
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Worth the detour from Kortenaken
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
41 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Hoge Kempen National Park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
45 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
47 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Villa Empain
Baron Empain's 1934 marble-and-gilt Art Deco mansion on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, restored by the Boghossian Foundation as an East-West art centre: Brussels' most sumptuous interior after the Horta houses.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Kortenaken
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 70 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 73 kmGileppe DamA 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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