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Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
4 km · about 5 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Waalwijk
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Waalwijk
Waalwijk works well as a base: 10 minutes from Elshout, 20km from Biesbosch National Park.
Waalwijk is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 46,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Elshout, about 5 km away.
Waalwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːlʋɛik] ) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of 48,815 in 2021 and is located near the A59 and N261 motorways. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and Waspik together with the cityRead more
of Waalwijk form the municipality of Waalwijk. The city has an old town center, which has recently been modernized.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Waalwijk?
Within an hour or so of Waalwijk: Efteling (4 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (16 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (16 km), Biesbosch National Park (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Waalwijk?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Houtribdijk and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Waalwijk?
Waalwijk is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 5 km from Elshout.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 45,610
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.6825, 5.0708
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Worth the detour from Waalwijk
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
16 km · about 20 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.
16 km · about 20 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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Kinderdijk Windmills
UNESCO World Heritage site featuring 19 iconic 18th-century windmills in a quintessential Dutch polder landscape.
38 km · about 45 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Rietveld's radical 1924 Utrecht house, the purest built statement of De Stijl with its sliding walls and Mondrian palette: UNESCO-listed and visitable on pre-booked tours.
45 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Waalwijk
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 47 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
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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