museum
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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Aalst
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Aalst
Aalst is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Geenhoven, 51km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Aalst is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 3,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Geenhoven, about 4 km away.
Aalst is a village located 6 km south of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on the Tongelreep stream and the road to Valkenswaard. It was an independent municipality until 1923, when it merged with the municipality of Waalre.
Aalst experienced rapid growth during the 1970s and 1980s as housing estates were built in theRead more
Ekenrooi area, which served as an overflow area for Eindhoven. Despite this development, the area remains very green and pleasant with large stretches of managed forest and heathland.
In September 1944, Aalst saw the British XXX Corps pass along the main road from Valkenswaard to Eindhoven as part of Operation Market Garden.
The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, one of the many southern dialects of Dutch).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Aalst?
Within an hour or so of Aalst: DAF Museum (5 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (34 km), Toverland (35 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Aalst?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Baraque de Fraiture and Houtribdijk.
Where is Aalst?
Aalst is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Geenhoven.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,480
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.3967, 5.4778
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Worth the detour from Aalst
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Thorn
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.
36 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Hoge Kempen National Park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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