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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
15 km · about 30 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Heusden
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Heusden
Heusden is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Someren-Eind, 49km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Heusden is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 1,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Someren-Eind, about 4 km away.
Heusden also known as Asten-Heusden (or Heuze among locals) is a small village in North Brabant in the Netherlands. It is in the so-called Peel region.
It was first mentioned in 1794 as Heusden. The etymology is unclear.
Heusden has a small village square with a few bars, a church, a grocery store, and a youthRead more
center. The village is only a couple kilometres from Asten which is much larger and the centre of activity for most residents of Heusden. Heusden also has the romantic remains of an old castle that dates from the fifteenth century. Attached to the ruins, a seventeenth-century v-shape farmstead is still in place.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Heusden?
Within an hour or so of Heusden: Toverland (15 km), DAF Museum (20 km), Thorn (25 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (46 km).
Are there any good drives near Heusden?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Brouwersdam and Houtribdijk.
Where is Heusden?
Heusden is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Someren-Eind.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,415
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.3842, 5.7639
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Worth the detour from Heusden
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
25 km · about 30 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
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.
49 km · about 55 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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Heusden
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 72 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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