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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Zonhoven is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Houthalen, 20km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Zonhoven is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 19,922, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Zonhoven 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 Zonhoven to your route.
Zonhoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzɔnɦoːvə(n)]; Limburgish: Zoneve) is a municipality located in the middle of the Belgian province of Limburg located north of Hasselt and also borders Houthalen-Helechteren, Genk and Heusden-Zolder. It’s an urbanized municipality, in the edge area of Hasselt. The municipality belongsRead more
to the On January 1, 2019, Zonhoven had a total population of 21,237. The total area is 39.34 km2 which gives a population density of 506 inhabitants per km2.
Archaeological findings from the period 11,000 BCE to 5,000 BCE, including the only fixed prehistoric polishing stone in Flanders, indicate early inhabitation of the territory. From the Middle Ages to the early modern period, Zonhoven and its neighboring villages belonged to the Land of Vogelsanck. Since the arrival of industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, the municipality has experienced a significant population increase: between 1930 and 1980, the population tripled. Iron ore mining, in particular, played a prominent role in the economy of Zonhoven.
The municipality includes the hamlets Halveweg, Termolen, and Terdonk.
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Zonhoven is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.9906 latitude, 5.3682 longitude.
Zonhoven has a population of approximately 19,922 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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
national park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
35 km · about 40 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
48 km · about 55 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.
51 km · about 60 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
53 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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