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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Cranendonck
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Cranendonck
Cranendonck is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Budel, 40km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Cranendonck is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Budel, about 4 km away.
Cranendonck (pronounced [ˈkraːnə(n)dɔŋk] ) is a municipality in southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Cranendonck?
Within an hour or so of Cranendonck: DAF Museum (16 km), Thorn (24 km), Toverland (29 km), Hoge Kempen National Park (40 km).
Are there any good drives near Cranendonck?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Brouwersdam and Houtribdijk.
Where is Cranendonck?
Cranendonck is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Budel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 19,966
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.3042, 5.5889
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Worth the detour from Cranendonck
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
24 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
29 km · about 35 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.
40 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
47 km · about 55 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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Cranendonck
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 68 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
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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