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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Straelen
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Straelen
Straelen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Wachtendonk, 20km from Toverland.
Straelen is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Wachtendonk, about 6 km away.
Straelen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʁaːlən] ; Low Rhenish: Strale) is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo. Twinning : Bayon in Meurthe-et-Moselle (France), since 7 July 1963.
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What is there to see near Straelen?
Within an hour or so of Straelen: Toverland (20 km), Thorn (43 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (47 km), Zollverein Coal Mine (54 km).
Are there any good drives near Straelen?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture and Houtribdijk.
Where is Straelen?
Straelen is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 6 km from Wachtendonk.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 15,325
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.4419, 6.2664
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Straelen
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Classic Remise Düsseldorf
A magnificent classic car centre in a restored locomotive roundhouse filled with rare vehicles, workshops, and automotive lifestyle shops.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Zollverein Coal Mine
A Bauhaus-styled colliery and UNESCO icon of the Ruhr, now a striking park of red walkways, museums and a winter ice rink.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Straelen
2 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 Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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