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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Blitterswijck
Limburg, Netherlands · Europe
About Blitterswijck
Blitterswijck is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tienray, 56km from Posbank.
Blitterswijck is in Limburg, Netherlands, with about 1,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tienray, about 4 km away.
Blitterswijck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈblɪtərsʋɛik]; Limburgish: Blitterswik [ˈblɪtəʀswɪk]) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Venray, and lies about 20 km north of Venlo.
The village was first mentioned in 1242 as "Willem van Blitterswijck", and means "settlement ofRead more
Blicter (person)". Blitterswijck developed along the Maas near a castle. In 1815, it became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Castle Blitterswijck probably dated from the 14th century. In 1670, it was restored and redesigned in 1806. The castle was destroyed in 1944 and only ruins remain.
The Catholic Onze Lieve Vrouwe Church is a double aisled church and dated from around 1500. In 1944, it was severely damaged. The nave was restored between 1950 and 1951. In 1953, a larger tower was added. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church founded by Barones Mackay in 1828.
Blitterswijck was home to 444 people in 1840. The village was severely damaged by war in 1944.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Blitterswijck?
Within an hour or so of Blitterswijck: Toverland (17 km), DAF Museum (44 km), Thorn (45 km), Posbank (56 km).
Are there any good drives near Blitterswijck?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Blitterswijck?
Blitterswijck is in Limburg, Netherlands, about 4 km from Tienray.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,105
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Limburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.5308, 6.1083
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Worth the detour from Blitterswijck
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
44 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
photogenic
Posbank
Rolling heathland hills of Veluwezoom National Park reached by a scenic drive up the Beekhuizenseweg, in late August the moors turn purple, and misty sunrises here are the most photographed in the Netherlands.
56 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
58 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
58 km · about 65 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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