Rakens
in Gemeente Alphen-Chaam of North Brabant, Netherlands
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Eindhoven Airport (25 mi) -
Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (28 mi) - Rotterdam Airport (34 mi)
- Brussels Airport (46 mi)
- Hasselt Airport (46 mi)
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (54 mi)
- Maastricht Aachen Airport (59 mi)
- Liège Airport (68 mi)
- Suarlée Airport (72 mi)
- Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Unesco heritage, 28 mi)
- Van Nellefabriek (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Flemish Béguinages (Unesco heritage, 38 mi)
- Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (Unesco heritage, 41 mi)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- Stoclet House (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Defence Line of Amsterdam (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Brasschaat Open Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Royal Antwerp Golf Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Lilse Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Rinkven Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Steenhoven Country Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Golf Club Witbos (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Golf Club Nuclea Mol (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Bossenstein Golf & Polo Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Ternesse Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Kempense Golf Club (Golf course, 27 mi)
- De Efteling (amusement park, (13 mi)
- Bobbejaanland (amusement park, (23 mi)
- Speelland Beekse Bergen (amusement park, (13 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.533 and 4.818 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 31' 57" and E 4° 49' 5"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, Western Frisian
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:52 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:08 am and 9:06 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Netherlands.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Netherlands. Last Update: 2024-05-02 08:23:34
Delve into Rakens
Rakens in Gemeente Alphen-Chaam (North Brabant) is located in Netherlands about 58 mi (or 94 km) south of Amsterdam, the country's capital town.
Current time in Rakens is now 07:52 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Amsterdam with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 9 airports close to Rakens, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Netherlands is Eindhoven Airport in a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Netherlands is Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout in a distance of 25 mi (or 41 km), North. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. We encountered 3 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Turnhout, Heist-op-den-Berg, Laakdal, 's-Hertogenbosch and Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 12% |
| Air Humidity | 61% |
| Air Pressure | 998 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 29% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
11°C (52 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
11°C (52 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Nassau Breda Autograph Collection
Amrath Brabant
Mastbosch
Golden Tulip Keyser Breda
Bliss Hotel
Apollo Hotel Breda City Centre
Hotel Merlinde
Novotel Breda
Campanile Breda
Stadshotel de Klok
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Capture of Breda (1581)
The Capture of Breda of 1581, also known as the Haultepenne Fury, occurred when Spanish troops under the command of Claude de Berlaymont, lord of Haultepenne, took Breda by surprise after a sentry was bribed by a follower of the king, Charles de Gavre, who was kept a prisoner at the castle. The corrupt sentry allowed the Spanish troops to enter the castle.
Capture of Breda (1590)
The Capture of Breda was an extremely short battle of the Eighty Years' War during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau and Francis Vere captured the heavily protected city of Breda by a clever tactic reminiscent of the Trojan horse. He was informed by English captain Lional Vickars and a nobleman from Cambrai, Charles de Heraugiere, that a ship carrying peat to the city was never checked by the Spanish soldiers.
Galder, Netherlands
Galder is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, about 8 km south of the city of Breda.
Ginneken en Bavel
Ginneken en Bavel was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, located southeast of the city of Breda. It covered the villages of Ginneken (now a neighbourhood of Breda) and Bavel. Ginneken en Bavel existed until 1942, when the village of Ginneken was transferred to Breda, and the other part of the area became a new municipality called Nieuw-Ginneken.
Nieuw-Ginneken
Nieuw-Ginneken was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, located southeast of the city of Breda. It was created in 1942 from part of the municipality of Ginneken en Bavel, and existed until 1997 when its parts north of the A58 motorway merged with Breda, and the parts south of the motorway, containing the villages of Strijbeek, Galder and some outer parts of Ulvenhout merged with Alphen-Chaam.
Ulvenhout
Ulvenhout is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Breda. The part south of the A58 motorway came to the municipality of Alphen-Chaam and is called
Bavel, Netherlands
Bavel is a village in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of North Brabant, largely within the municipality of Breda with some rural areas in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam. Bavel has a population of around 6,500, the majority of the inhabitants live in the village itself, and some 590 in the surroundig countryside, including the hamlets of Roosberg, Eikberg, Bolberg, Tervoort, Lijndonk and Lage Aard.
Siege of Breda (1637)
The Fifth Siege of Breda (21 July – 11 October 1637) was an important siege in the Eighty Years' War in which stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange retook the city of Breda, which had last changed hands in 1625 when the Spanish general Ambrogio Spinola conquered it for Spain. Hereafter, the city would remain in the hands of the Dutch Republic until the end of the war.
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