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
Geldrop
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Geldrop
Geldrop is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Muschberg en Geestenberg, 53km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Geldrop is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 28,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Muschberg en Geestenberg, about 4 km away.
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, around 5km (3 miles) east of Eindhoven's city centre. Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo.
As of 2023, Geldrop has a population of approximately 29.245 residents.
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noted for having a neighbourhood with streets named after characters and elements from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
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What is there to see near Geldrop?
Within an hour or so of Geldrop: DAF Museum (5 km), Toverland (30 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (34 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Geldrop?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Baraque de Fraiture and Houtribdijk.
Where is Geldrop?
Geldrop is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Muschberg en Geestenberg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 27,900
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.4217, 5.5597
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Geldrop
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
30 km · about 35 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.
34 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
43 km · about 50 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.
52 km · about 60 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.
53 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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