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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Gennep
Limburg, Netherlands · Europe
About Gennep
Gennep sits on the route: 10 minutes from Boxmeer, 41km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Gennep is in Limburg, Netherlands, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Boxmeer, about 6 km away.
Gennep (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛnəp] ) is a municipality and a city in upper southeastern Netherlands. It lies in the very northern part of the province of Limburg, 18 km south of Nijmegen. Furthermore, it lies on the right bank of the Meuse river, and south of the forest of the Klever Reichswald. The municipality ofRead more
Gennep has 17,277 inhabitants (2014).
The Niers river flows into the Meuse in Gennep.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Gennep?
Within an hour or so of Gennep: Toverland (34 km), Posbank (37 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (41 km), DAF Museum (44 km).
Are there any good drives near Gennep?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk and Brouwersdam.
Where is Gennep?
Gennep is in Limburg, Netherlands, about 6 km from Boxmeer.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 16,642
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Limburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.6983, 5.9736
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Gennep
7 notable places within an hour's 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.
37 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Hoge Veluwe National Park
Cycle free white bikes across heath, dune and forest to the Kröller-Müller museum's Van Goghs in this vast wild park.
41 km · about 45 min 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
museum
Kröller-Müller Museum
Museum deep inside Hoge Veluwe National Park holding the world's second-largest Van Gogh collection plus a 25-hectare sculpture garden with Rodin, Moore and Dubuffet; free white bicycles carry you there through the park.
45 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.
46 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.
46 km · about 55 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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