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Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Wortel
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Wortel
Wortel sits on the route: 10 minutes from Rijkevorsel, 39km from Biesbosch National Park.
Wortel is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 1,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rijkevorsel, about 6 km away.
Wortel is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten. As of 2021, it has 1,844 inhabitants.
The toponym means carrot or root in Dutch. Wortel was established in the early 19th century by the Society of Benevolence as a farming colony for the able-bodied working poor. It was meant to provide employmentRead more
during a time when poverty rates were very high in the Low Countries. Along with the other colonies constructed by the Society of Benevolence, Wortel was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 as an excellent example of a unique method of housing reform and urban planning.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Wortel?
Within an hour or so of Wortel: Efteling (33 km), Antwerp Zoo (33 km), Antwerpen-Centraal (33 km), Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp (34 km).
Are there any good drives near Wortel?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Wortel?
Wortel is in Flanders, Belgium, about 6 km from Rijkevorsel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,832
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.3983, 4.7946
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Worth the detour from Wortel
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
33 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Belgium's tallest Gothic building housing masterpieces by Rubens, with a UNESCO-listed 123-metre tower visible across Flanders.
34 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Plantin-Moretus Museum
The world's oldest surviving printing house, run by the Plantin family in Antwerp from 1576 to 1867 and the only museum on the UNESCO World Heritage list: complete with the two oldest printing presses in existence and a Gutenberg Bible.
34 km · about 40 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Wortel
- 61 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
- 67 kmZeeland BridgeElegant 5 km bridge over the Oosterschelde estuary, the longest in the Netherlands when opened in 1965. Its endless procession of arches makes one of the country's most photogenic drives.
- 69 kmWestern Scheldt TunnelAt 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
- 69 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
- 76 kmBrouwersdamDelta Works dam carrying the N57 between two Zeeland islands, with the North Sea on one side, the Grevelingen lagoon on the other, and kitesurfers filling the sky.
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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