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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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Viersen
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Viersen
Viersen sits on the route: 10 minutes from Neersen, 53km from Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom).
Viersen is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 76,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Neersen, about 6 km away.
Viersen (German pronunciation: [ˈfiːɐ̯zn̩] ; Limburgish: Veeëse) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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What is there to see near Viersen?
Within an hour or so of Viersen: Classic Remise Düsseldorf (31 km), Toverland (33 km), Thorn (40 km), Zollverein Coal Mine (52 km).
Are there any good drives near Viersen?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture and Mosel Valley Wine Route.
Where is Viersen?
Viersen is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 6 km from Neersen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 76,153
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.2544, 6.3944
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 Viersen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
33 km · about 40 min 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
This twin-spired Gothic giant towers over the Rhine, its 533 steps rewarding climbers with a sweeping city panorama.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
53 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom)
The first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany, built by Charlemagne as his palatine chapel in the 9th century.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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Valkenburg Marl Caves
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Viersen
- 61 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
- 80 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 Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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