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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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Scherpenheuvel
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Scherpenheuvel
Scherpenheuvel is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Molenstede, 35km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Scherpenheuvel is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 7,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Molenstede, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Scherpenheuvel?
Within an hour or so of Scherpenheuvel: Circuit Zolder (20 km), Leuven Town Hall (22 km), St. Rumbold's Tower (35 km), Musée Hergé (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Scherpenheuvel?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Scherpenheuvel?
Scherpenheuvel is in Flanders, Belgium, about 4 km from Molenstede.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,162
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.9808, 4.9755
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Worth the detour from Scherpenheuvel
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
44 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Grand-Place
Opulent central square in Brussels surrounded by ornate guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Manneken Pis
Small bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy that has become a beloved symbol of Brussels since 1619.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Scherpenheuvel
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 78 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
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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