Genk Voyage Tips and guide

Genk is in Limburg, in the Flanders region of Belgium.

Genk has a population of 66,000. In the twentieth century Genk was a centre for coal mining, and later for car manufacture.

• Visit Genk

• 50.966945.496111 Genk railway station. Genk has an hourly train service from Hasselt.  (updated Dec 2022)
• 50.955745.408522 Bokrijk railway station.  (updated Dec 2022)

50°58′0″N 5°30′0″E

Map of Genk

• 50.96365.40651 Bokrijk Open-Air Museum, Bokrijklaan 1, 3800 Genk, ☏ +32 11 265 300, fax: +32 11 265 370, [email protected]. 10:00—18:00 daily, closed Nov—Apr. Largest living history museum in Flanders, with 148 authentic buildings and a collection of 30,000 historic items in the museum. It mainly focusses on rural life from the 17th century up to the 1950s, with the oldest building dating back to 1507. Threatened historic buildings from all over Flanders were carefully deconstructed and moved to Bokrijk throughout the second half of the 20th century, which now features entire villages consisting of farms, inns, a school, a church, and various craftsmen workshops. Adults €12.5, children €2.  (updated May 2020)
• 50.981885.49212 C-Mine. Tu-Su: 10:00-17:00. Museum in a former coal mine. Descend into the mine and then climb to the top of the lift tower. Also see the Labyrinth steel maze. adult €10.  (updated Dec 2022)
• 50.9668435.5130773 Emile Van Dorenmuseum, Henri Decleenestraat 21. Th-Su 14:00-17:00. Museum showing paintings of 19th century landscape in the house of Emile Van DOREN (1865-1949). free.  (updated Dec 2022)
• 51.0159035.4965114 Labiomista. Conceptual art park, created by artist Koen Vanmechelen.  (updated Dec 2022)

• 50.983935.508921 Sportingenk, E. Van Dorenlaan 144. Sports park with swimming pool, skate park and obstacle & ropes courses.  (updated Dec 2022)
• 50.97025.55482 Spiegelven Golf Club. Golf course with Résidence Stiemerheide hotel.  (updated Dec 2022)
• Football: KRC Genk play soccer in Pro League, Belgium's top tier. Their home ground Cegeka Arena (capacity 23,700) is 5 km north of town centre.

The main shopping area is in the pedestrianised streets between Stadsplein and Markstraat. Here there are chain clothes stores such as H&M, Zara and C&A.

• 50.961465.502371 Aldi, Hoogstraat 80/86. supermarket  (updated Dec 2022)
• 50.964825.505512 Albert Heijn, Shopping 1. M 9:30-20:00, Tu-Sa 8:00-20:00, Su 8:00-17:00. supermarket  (updated Dec 2022)

• 50.965375.499331 't Stadscafé, Marktstraat 28. mains €16-40.  (updated Dec 2022)

• 50.965425.498971 Times bar, Winterslagstraat 26,.  (updated Dec 2022)

• 50.975365.425281 Jeugdherberg De Roerdomp, Boekrakelaan 30. mid-February - mid-November. 118 bed youth hostel in the middle of a forest. dorm bed €26.10.  (updated Dec 2022)
• 50.964225.49832 Hotel 't Hert, Winterslagstraat 11. The oldest hotel in town. Good basic hotel. from €60.00 including breakfast.  (updated Dec 2022)
• 50.9665.49933 Green Hotel, Europalaan 68. Hotel and Roots bar with rooftop garden. from €73.50, breakfast €15.  (updated Dec 2022)