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Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Merksplas sits on the route: 10 minutes from Beerse, 44km from Biesbosch National Park.
Merksplas is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 7,963, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Merksplas sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Merksplas to your route.
Merksplas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛr(ə)ksplɑs]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Merksplas proper. In 2021, Merksplas had a total population of 8,616. The total area is 44.56 km2.
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Merksplas is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.3585 latitude, 4.8651 longitude.
Merksplas has a population of approximately 7,963 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
The world's oldest surviving printing house, run by the Plantin family in Antwerp from 1576 to 1867 and the only museum on the UNESCO World Heritage list: complete with the two oldest printing presses in existence and a Gutenberg Bible.
36 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Freshwater tidal wetland of creeks and willow forest between Dordrecht and Werkendam, with visitor centres and car parks.
44 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
45 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Eindhoven museum charting Dutch truck maker DAF, from quirky Variomatic-transmission city cars to giant race trucks, displayed near the original 1928 workshop.
45 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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