Cycling through the city of playing cards
- Belgium
- Flanders
- Turnhout
- 18.76 km (Approximately 01:06 u)
- Cycling route 316499
Cycling through the city of playing cards
- Belgium
- Flanders
- Turnhout
- 18.76 km (Approximately 01:06 u)
- Cycling route 316499
Get to know Turnhout and the immediate surroundings. On this short cycle route you mainly cycle through the city of Turnhout, although you also visit the town of Vosselaar and the piece of heathland outside it.
National Museum of Playing Cards
This bike tour starts right in the center. Here you can take a look at St. Peter's Church on the Grote Markt or the National Playing Card Museum. Printed playing cards originally come from Turnhout and the city is one of the most important producers of these. In the museum you will learn more about the history, use and manufacture of playing cards. You will also find printing presses and graphic equipment including a gigantic steam engine. Then you cycle through the City Park. A wonderfully relaxing place with a large pond, several benches where you can rest and terraces.
Sights in Turnhout
From here you cycle to Vosselaar, where you will find a remarkable drifting dune in the middle of the center. You cycle back into the center of Turnhout via a cycle path along the canal. Here you can sit on a terrace to relax while enjoying a snack or a drink. Or visit one of the many sights within walking distance.
National Museum of Playing Cards
This bike tour starts right in the center. Here you can take a look at St. Peter's Church on the Grote Markt or the National Playing Card Museum. Printed playing cards originally come from Turnhout and the city is one of the most important producers of these. In the museum you will learn more about the history, use and manufacture of playing cards. You will also find printing presses and graphic equipment including a gigantic steam engine. Then you cycle through the City Park. A wonderfully relaxing place with a large pond, several benches where you can rest and terraces.
Sights in Turnhout
From here you cycle to Vosselaar, where you will find a remarkable drifting dune in the middle of the center. You cycle back into the center of Turnhout via a cycle path along the canal. Here you can sit on a terrace to relax while enjoying a snack or a drink. Or visit one of the many sights within walking distance.
Directions
| # | Description | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Toerisme Turnhout (Grote Markt, 2300, Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium) | 0.00 km | |
| Kasteel van de hertogen van Brabant (Kasteelplein, B-2300, Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium) | 0.48 km | |
45 | 45 (2300, Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium) | 1.02 km |
1 | 1 (Nieuwe Kaai, 2300, Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium) | 1.96 km |
68 | 68 (Stoktsebaan, 2350, Vosselaar, Flanders, Belgium) | 6.22 km |
70 | 70 (2350, Vosselaar, Flanders, Belgium) | 9.27 km |
Pause places
Toerisme Turnhout
Grote Markt 44
2300 Turnhout
http://www.toerismeturnhout.be
Turnhout arose at the crossroads of two major trade routes and in the shadow of the hunting castle of the Dukes of Brabant. That castle would have existed before 1110. The hunting past is still reflected in the urban coat of arms with fleeing deer. In 1212 the small community received city rights from Duke Hendrik I of Brabant. At the end of the 13th century the beguinage was founded in Turnhout. In the 16th century, Turnhout had become a rich commercial center, but at the end of the century that function declined again due to war and epidemics. This city is also known as the'playing card city\\\'. In 1826 Pieter Jozef Brepols put Turnhout on the world map by having the first playing cards printed there. The industry soon took off and Turnhout became one of the most important producers of playing cards in the world.
Sights
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