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Lakerlopen

North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe

About Lakerlopen

Lakerlopen is worth a stop: 55km from Hoge Kempen National Park.

Lakerlopen is a town located in North Brabant, Netherlands. With a population of 3,355, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Lakerlopen sits in Netherlands, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Lakerlopen to your route.

About Lakerlopen

Het Apollohuis (English: The Apollo House) was a space for experimental music and visual arts, "focused in particular on...sound art, new music, performance art and the new media," founded in Eindhoven, Netherlands, by Remko Scha and Paul Panhuysen in a former 19th century cigar factory in 1980. Partly funded by their

Read more own publishing house, the space was closed in 2001 after their grant was discontinued. "Between 1980 and 2001, Het Apollohuis organized 253 art exhibitions, 476 concerts and performances, 46 public lectures, symposia and several festivals (as "ECHO: images of sound II" in 1987 or FLEA Festival in 1997). Artists-in-residence, asked to create an exhibition, an installation or a publication, were provided with an apartment, studio space, and materials. Known artists that had events at the Apollohuis were for instance Ellen Fullman, Glenn Branca, Michel Waisvisz, Pauline Oliveros, Pierre Bastien, The Hub (band), Nicolas Collins, Maciunas Ensemble, Max Eastley. The organization gave out a series of books and publications on each anniversary that the building was open. Also, under the editorial name Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, and stamp featuring Art About Apollo, they published different monographs, CDs and catalogues about the shows and exhibitions which were taking place. Their last closing catalogue included several letters from artists, who at some point collaborated with the institution. Also a full artist reference was printed as back-cover design. The archive of Het Apollohuis, all together with a handful of audio, text and image documents, is indexed, documented and scientifically preserved in the archives of ZKM since 2009.

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Where is Lakerlopen located?

Lakerlopen is located in North Brabant, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 51.4379 latitude, 5.5011 longitude.

What is the population of Lakerlopen?

Lakerlopen has a population of approximately 3,355 people, making it a town in Netherlands.

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Quick Information

Population
3,355
Continent
Europe
Country
Netherlands
Region
North Brabant
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
51.4379, 5.5011

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Netherlands

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Non-emergency police
0900-8844
Driving side
right

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Worth the detour from Lakerlopen

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

museum

DAF Museum

Eindhoven museum charting Dutch truck maker DAF, from quirky Variomatic-transmission city cars to giant race trucks, displayed near the original 1928 workshop.

1 km · about 5 min drive

cathedral

Sint-Janskathedraal

The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.

31 km · about 35 min drive

cathedral

St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch

Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.

31 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Toverland

Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.

34 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Efteling

Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.

39 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Thorn

The 'white village' of Limburg: an entire former abbey-principality of whitewashed brick lanes and cobbles beside the Maas, painted white in the Napoleonic era to dodge a window tax and kept that way ever since.

39 km · about 45 min drive

racetrack

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.

53 km · about 60 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.

55 km · about 65 min drive

Driving in Netherlands

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€2.04/litre
Motorway tolls
None

When to drive here

April to October

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