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8 km · about 15 min drive
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Herk-de-Stad
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Herk-de-Stad
Herk-de-Stad is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Linkhout, 34km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Herk-de-Stad is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Linkhout, about 4 km away.
Herk-de-Stad (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛr(ə)ɡ də ˈstɑt] ; French: Herck-la-Ville, French pronunciation: [ɛʁk la vil]) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2018, Herk-de-Stad had a total population of 12,661. The total area is 42.83 km2 which gives a population density ofRead more
296 inhabitants per km2.
Besides the village of Herk-de-Stad itself, the municipality contains the communities of Berbroek, Schulen and Donk. Donk contains two country houses, both of the eighteenth-century, Kasteel Hamont and Kasteel Landwijk, which stands on the site of a castle established in the 12th century.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Herk-de-Stad?
Within an hour or so of Herk-de-Stad: Circuit Zolder (8 km), Leuven Town Hall (33 km), Hoge Kempen National Park (34 km), Vrijthof Maastricht (38 km).
Are there any good drives near Herk-de-Stad?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Herk-de-Stad?
Herk-de-Stad is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Linkhout.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,566
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9401, 5.1664
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Worth the detour from Herk-de-Stad
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
33 km · about 40 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Valkenburg Marl Caves
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
St. Rumbold's Tower
Climb 538 steps up Mechelen's unfinished Gothic tower for a sky-walk panorama reaching as far as Antwerp and Brussels.
49 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
49 km · about 55 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Herk-de-Stad
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 63 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 69 kmGileppe DamA 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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