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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Grefrath
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Grefrath
Grefrath is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nettetal, 26km from Toverland.
Grefrath is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 16,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nettetal, about 5 km away.
Grefrath (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁeːfʁaːt]) is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in the western part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the Lower Rhineland region (German: Niederhein), which is located between the river Rhine and the borderline between Germany and the Netherlands.
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What is there to see near Grefrath?
Within an hour or so of Grefrath: Toverland (26 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (37 km), Thorn (40 km), Zollverein Coal Mine (52 km).
Are there any good drives near Grefrath?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Grefrath?
Grefrath is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 5 km from Nettetal.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 16,016
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.3363, 6.3407
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Grefrath
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Classic Remise Düsseldorf
A magnificent classic car centre in a restored locomotive roundhouse filled with rare vehicles, workshops, and automotive lifestyle shops.
37 km · about 45 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Zollverein Coal Mine
A Bauhaus-styled colliery and UNESCO icon of the Ruhr, now a striking park of red walkways, museums and a winter ice rink.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Grefrath
- 69 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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