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Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Ravels
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Ravels
Ravels sits on the route: 5 minutes from Weelde, 44km from Biesbosch National Park.
Ravels is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Weelde, about 4 km away.
Ravels (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈraːvəls]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Poppel, Ravels proper and Weelde. In 2021, Ravels had a total population of 15,105. The total area is 94.99 km2. A large proportion of its inhabitants are immigrants from TheRead more
Netherlands.
The local economy is mainly agrarian. Ravels is a center of livestock farming in Belgium (especially cows, pigs, poultry), since the local climate is ideal for the animals.
The town hall and the municipal services are located in Weelde.
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What is there to see near Ravels?
Within an hour or so of Ravels: Efteling (31 km), DAF Museum (35 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (41 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (41 km).
Are there any good drives near Ravels?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Ravels?
Ravels is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Weelde.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,560
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.3727, 4.9921
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Worth the detour from Ravels
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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
41 km · about 50 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.
41 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
43 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
44 km · about 50 min drive
national park
Biesbosch National Park
Freshwater tidal wetland of creeks and willow forest between Dordrecht and Werkendam, with visitor centres and car parks.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Ravels
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 69 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
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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