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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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Paal
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Paal
Paal is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Beringen, 35km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Paal is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Beringen, about 4 km away.
Paal (Limburgish: Poël) is a town and borough in the municipality of Beringen, in the Belgian Limburg Campine. Once known as Pael, the town has a long history.
The town plays an important role in both the industry and tourism of Beringen. The town has a recreational area, the "Paalse Plas", with ponds, a sailing lakeRead more
and a golf course.
The annual Paal op Stelten music festival attracts 20,000 visitors to the town each August.
The industrial area along the A13 motorway houses the facilities of a number of multinational companies.
The studio of Radio Benelux, the local radio station for Beringen and surroundings, is located in Paal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Paal?
Within an hour or so of Paal: Circuit Zolder (8 km), Hoge Kempen National Park (35 km), Leuven Town Hall (38 km), Vrijthof Maastricht (42 km).
Are there any good drives near Paal?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Brouwersdam and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Paal?
Paal is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Beringen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,935
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.0399, 5.1723
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Worth the detour from Paal
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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
42 km · about 50 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.
48 km · about 55 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.
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.
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
Driving roads near Paal
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 67 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 75 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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