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Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
37 km · about 45 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Turnhout sits on the route: 10 minutes from Vosselaar, 39km from Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp.
Turnhout is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 44,000, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Turnhout 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 Turnhout to your route.
Turnhout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtʏr(ə)nɦʌut]) is a Belgian municipality and city located in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the city of Turnhout proper. In 2021, its population was 45,874. The total area is 56.06 km2 (21.64 sq mi). The agglomeration is much more populous, with 81,473Read more
inhabitants. It is known for its playing card industry, and houses the head office of the world's largest manufacturer of playing cards, Cartamundi. Turnhout is also the capital of the administrative district with the same name. The city council often promotes the city as "the capital of the Campine area".
Turnhout serves as the economic and cultural center for other communities in the immediate vicinity with more than 40 schools. There is also an important services sector with two hospitals, a two-stage theatre, and an eight-screen cinema.
Turnhout is located 42 km (26 mi) from the centre of Antwerp, 30 km (19 mi) from Breda and Tilburg, 40 km (25 mi) from Eindhoven. The football club of the city is K.V. Turnhout.
In reference to the 2021 census, the population of Turnhout was recorded at 45,874.
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Turnhout is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.3225 latitude, 4.9447 longitude.
Turnhout has a population of approximately 44,000 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
39 km · about 45 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.
40 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
racetrack
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
43 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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