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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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Olen
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Olen
Olen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Morkhoven, 29km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Olen is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 3,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Morkhoven, about 4 km away.
Olen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːlə(n)]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises three towns, situated on a south–north axis:
South of the motorway E313 and the Albert Canal is Olen proper, also called Olen-Centrum (Saint-Martins parish).
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Olen-station (railroad from Antwerp to Neerpelt and Hasselt) is the town of Boekel, also called Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Olen (parish) or Achter-Olen (Behind-Olen).
North of the railroad is the town of St.-Jozef-Olen (parish), also called Olen-Fabriek (Olen-Factory, a refinery along the old canal Herentals-Bocholt that was at its origin).
In 2021, Olen had a total population of 12,600. The total area is 23.10 km2.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Olen?
Within an hour or so of Olen: St. Rumbold's Tower (29 km), Antwerp Zoo (32 km), Antwerpen-Centraal (32 km), Leuven Town Hall (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Olen?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Baraque de Fraiture and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Olen?
Olen is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Morkhoven.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,209
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.1439, 4.8598
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Worth the detour from Olen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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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
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Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
33 km · about 40 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Plantin-Moretus Museum
The world's oldest surviving printing house, run by the Plantin family in Antwerp from 1576 to 1867 and the only museum on the UNESCO World Heritage list: complete with the two oldest printing presses in existence and a Gutenberg Bible.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Olen
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 78 kmWestern Scheldt TunnelAt 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
- 78 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
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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