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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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Kuringen
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Kuringen
Kuringen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Kermt, 25km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Kuringen is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kermt, about 4 km away.
Kuringen (Dutch: [ˈkyːrɪŋə(n)]; French: Curange [kyʁɑ̃ʒ]) is a sub-municipality of the city of Hasselt located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. In 1971, Stokrooie was merged into Kuringen. On 1 January 1977, Kuringen was merged into Hasselt.
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What is there to see near Kuringen?
Within an hour or so of Kuringen: Circuit Zolder (6 km), Hoge Kempen National Park (25 km), Vrijthof Maastricht (29 km), Valkenburg Marl Caves (38 km).
Are there any good drives near Kuringen?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Kuringen?
Kuringen is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Kermt.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,409
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9443, 5.2990
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Worth the detour from Kuringen
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Valkenburg Marl Caves
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
43 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Vaalserberg Drielandenpunt
The Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
55 km · about 65 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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Kuringen
- 55 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 62 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.
- 74 kmSignal de BotrangeAt 694m this is the highest point in Belgium, marked by a stone tower on the Hautes Fagnes plateau.
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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