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Limburgo · Belgium
In the destination Hasselt and Tongeren.
In the photo: C-mine, Genk
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Genk grew up around 20th-century coal mines and welcomed workers from several countries, which gave the city a multicultural character. Flemish is spoken. the former Winterslag mine became the cultural center C-mine. At the edge of the town the Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen begins, with the Kattevennen entrance and, further east, the Mechelse Heide. On the way to Hasselt is the Openluchtmuseum Bokrijk.
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The local experience
The former Winterslag coal mine, closed in 1988, was transformed into a cultural centre with a cinema, an arts school, restaurants and the C-mine expeditie, which traverses the tunnels and ascends an extraction tower.
Open‑air museum opened in 1958, with around 150 historic buildings from across Flanders, such as farms, windmills, workshops and churches, set in grounds with woods and an arboretum.
The first national park of Flandres, opened in 2006, with more than 12,000 hectares of pine woodlands and heaths. In Genk, the entrances are Kattevennen and Thor Park.
One of the largest heaths in Flandres, within the Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen, with trails across an old sand mine and a viewpoint at 104 metres, the park's highest natural point.
