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Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Zichem
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
About Zichem
Zichem is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Diest, 35km from St. Rumbold's Tower.
Zichem is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 6,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Diest, about 5 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Zichem?
Within an hour or so of Zichem: Circuit Zolder (19 km), Leuven Town Hall (24 km), St. Rumbold's Tower (35 km), Autoworld Brussels (45 km).
Are there any good drives near Zichem?
The nearest famous roads are Baraque de Fraiture, Brouwersdam and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Zichem?
Zichem is in Flanders, Belgium, about 5 km from Diest.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,497
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Flanders
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 51.0019, 4.9832
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Worth the detour from Zichem
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Leuven Town Hall
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
24 km · about 30 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Autoworld Brussels
300 vehicles spanning a century of motoring displayed in the grand Cinquantenaire Palace arcade.
45 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Atomium
Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
46 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Antwerp Zoo
Historic Belgian zoo next to the central train station, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1843.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Antwerpen-Centraal
A cathedral-like railway station of marble, gilt and glass, repeatedly voted one of the most beautiful in the world.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Zichem
4 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 Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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