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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Linkhout
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Linkhout
Linkhout is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Meldert, 36km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Linkhout is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 2,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Meldert, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Linkhout?
Within an hour or so of Linkhout: Circuit Zolder (9 km), Leuven Town Hall (32 km), Hoge Kempen National Park (36 km), Vrijthof Maastricht (41 km).
Are there any good drives near Linkhout?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Linkhout?
Linkhout is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Meldert.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,019
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9678, 5.1374
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Worth the detour from Linkhout
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.
32 km · about 35 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.
36 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.
41 km · about 45 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.
46 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
Valkenburg Marl Caves
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
50 km · about 60 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Linkhout
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 66 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 72 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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