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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Bakel
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Bakel
Bakel is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Helmond, 36km from Sint-Janskathedraal.
Bakel is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 4,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Helmond, about 6 km away.
Bakel is a village east of Helmond and Eindhoven in southern part of the Netherlands. The total population is approximately 5,000. Until 1997, it formed the municipality of Bakel and Milheeze together with Milheeze. In 1997 Bakel merged with the Gemert municipality.
Bakel does not have old buildings, with theRead more
exception of the 16th century St Willibrordus Church which is the oldest in the area. This church was modernized during the 1970s, but regained some of the original style of decoration during the 1990s.
The area surrounding Bakel is heavily forested; the agricultural economy is dominated by the bio industry. It has the highest pig density in the Netherlands.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Bakel?
Within an hour or so of Bakel: DAF Museum (19 km), Toverland (21 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (36 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (36 km).
Are there any good drives near Bakel?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Bakel?
Bakel is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 6 km from Helmond.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,140
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.5033, 5.7403
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Bakel
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
50 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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