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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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
Valkenswaard is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Waalre, 47km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Valkenswaard is a town located in North Brabant, Netherlands. With a population of 31,071, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Valkenswaard 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 Valkenswaard to your route.
Valkenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌvɑlkə(n)sˈʋaːrt] ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of 31,221 in 2021, with an area of 56.50 km2 (21.81 sq mi) of which 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) is water.
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name Valkenswaard stems from its history of falconers, who caught wild falcons there; valk is Dutch for "falcon". It lay on a route where falcons migrated south each year. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Valkenswaardian falconers were active at many European courts, in which falconing was a beloved pastime. Valkenswaard's falcon-catching area has now been built over and falcons are no longer caught there.
In the 19th and 20th century, a number of large cigar factories were founded in Valkenswaard, the two most renowned of which being Willem II and Hofnar.
A Second World War cemetery containing 220 British soldiers was created near Valkenswaard in October 1944. It is now maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).
The Eurocircuit Valkenswaard is a motorsport racetrack that has hosted the European Rallycross Championship and the FIM Motocross World Championship.
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Valkenswaard is located in North Brabant, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 51.3508 latitude, 5.4597 longitude.
Valkenswaard has a population of approximately 31,071 people, making it a town in Netherlands.
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museum
Eindhoven museum charting Dutch truck maker DAF, from quirky Variomatic-transmission city cars to giant race trucks, displayed near the original 1928 workshop.
10 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
37 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
39 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
39 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
landmark
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
44 km · about 50 min drive
national park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
47 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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