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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Venlo
Limburg, Netherlands · Europe
About Venlo
Venlo is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Tegelen, 59km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Venlo is in Limburg, Netherlands, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tegelen, about 4 km away.
Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛnloː] ) is a city and municipality in southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg. The municipality of Venlo had 101,578 inhabitants in January 2019.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Venlo?
Within an hour or so of Venlo: Toverland (13 km), Thorn (33 km), DAF Museum (48 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (50 km).
Are there any good drives near Venlo?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture and Houtribdijk.
Where is Venlo?
Venlo is in Limburg, Netherlands, about 4 km from Tegelen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 101,988
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Limburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.3700, 6.1681
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Worth the detour from Venlo
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.
33 km · about 40 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.
48 km · about 55 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.
50 km · about 55 min 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.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Venlo
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 69 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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