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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Tongerlo is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Oevel, 32km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Tongerlo is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 7,404, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Tongerlo 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 Tongerlo to your route.
Tongerlo is a village and deelgemeente (sub-municipality) of the municipality of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. The village is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-east of the city of Herentals. Tongerlo is best known for Tongerlo Abbey, which became one of the most important abbeys of Belgium.
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Tongerlo is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.1062 latitude, 4.9164 longitude.
Tongerlo has a population of approximately 7,404 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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racetrack
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
37 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
47 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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