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Kasterlee Card Museum Geel Montezuma (1990) Bronze Adhemar (1991) The Three Women (2006) Ravels - Tilburg 9 Museum of nature In the courtyard of the castle, This statue is the personification of Achilles Cools designed the N12 10 UGC Turnhout (Utopolis) which you can reach by walk- Turnhout as town of the comic strip. statue ‘The Three Women’. Veldekensweg ing across the bridge, you will The statue was made in 1991 by the It represents three women talking 11 City park find the beautiful Montezuma, artist Ivo Van Damme. A ‘Bronze with each other and devoutly 21 who was an Aztec king. The Adhemar’ statuette, modelled on looking up. At different times 79 01 Kon. Elisabethlei 12 Bloemekensgang Mexican statue symbolises that Adhemar, the son of Nero, a character the women played an essential “everyone who has been mur- in the comic of the same name written role in the history of the town: 13 Campus Blairon dered, has a right to justice”. by Marc Sleen, is awarded every two Mary of Hungary, Amalia of 80 20 Steenweg op Merksplas 14 Church of Our Lady Middelares Roel d’Haese sculpted this years during Strip Turnhout, the major Solms and Mary of Brabant. Wouwerstraat work, which dates from 1990. Flemish comics’ festival. G Noord-Brabantlaan 15 Railway station / € 0,50 Stwg op Oosthoven

Oude Vaartstraat 16 Church of the Sacred Heart Jubileumlaan Plamaten19 24 17 Water Tower Merksplas - Hoogstraten 18 Nieuwe Kaai / Yacht-basin N124 19 Canal Dessel / Turnhout / Schoten Fonteinstraat Begijnendreef Tijl- en Nelestraat Jaag- en wandelpad Koning Albertstr 20 Cycle bridge / Bels Lijntje 1 25 18 Begijnhof 21 City farm Hoveniersstraat Guldensporenlei Kasteeldreef Karel Oomsstraat Hanuitstr. 22 Klein Engelandhoeve / Nieuwe Kaai Patersstraat Lindekensstraat Kasteelplein4 Brugstraat EF 2 Start walk P H Hertoginstraat 45 3

23 Wezenstraat Wetlands / R.Sniedersstraat 5 17 Warandestraat Baron Fr. du Fourstraat Nassaulaan Kongostraat Watch tower Prinsenstraat 12 27 A 24 Theobaldus Chapel DE 6 7 P DC Klinkstraat Guido Gezellestraat Stationstraat Gasthuisstraat i Otterstraat Herentalsstraat

25 Paterspand 15 Beekstraat Kon. Astridlaan de Merodelei KI Korte BC Victoriestraat Hofpoort Steenweg op Mol 26 MK Gasthuisstr. Kwakkelstraat Swimming pool Stadspark Tramstraat Molenstraat de Merodelei 16 27 School of Arts at Turnova Kerkplein Oud-Turnhout 14 Deken Adamsstraat Oud-Turnhout - Mol A Hotel Corsendonk Turnova (****) Zandstraat Druivenstr8 N18 Collegestraat AB B Hotel Corsendonk Viane (***) Mermansstraat Stwg. op Antwerpen Retie - Mol

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Hotel Ter Driezen (****) Graatakker C Kruishuisstraat Spoorwegstraat Patriottenstraat 9 Beerse - Antwerpen Vianenstr. D Hotel Terminus (**) N12 Kerkhofweg E Best Western Plus Turnhout City Hotel (****) Apostoliekenstraat Grimstedestraat

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G Holiday home Pulcinella 13 Smiskensstraat Kempenlaan Rubensstraat Smalvoortstraat Stwg. op Gierle H Holiday home Herten Tien (***) I B&B De Hessie (****) 46 J B&B Veado (****)

K Guest room Bon-Bon ‘Nuit’ (***) Papenbruggestraat Vuurkruisenstraat P L Guest room Svilla (***) Parklaan = Bike Node 11 00 M Guest room Edelweiss (***) 48 Gierle - Herentals 00 = Hiking Node N Guest room De Joker (****) Tourist Walk N140 J Kasterlee - Geel O Camp site Baalse Hei (****) 26 N19 = Bike rental P Youth hostel De Ponyhoeve (B) = Free Parking 4 km + 3,7 km P Q Holiday home Klein Engelandhoeve NL

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shed underneath some old elm trees; a remnant of the Warande, Warande, the of remnant a trees; elm old some underneath shed

example of this being a steam machine from the 19th century. century. 19th the from machine steam a being this of example The current location of the water tower was, back in 1904, a a 1904, in back was, tower water the of location current The

a totally unique collection of printing presses and tools; the best best the tools; and presses printing of collection unique totally a

Water Tower Water of playing cards in Turnhout and in the Low Countries, as well as as well as Countries, Low the in and Turnhout in cards playing of

production of card games. It has the most important collection collection important most the has It games. card of production

development of the playing card as well as the evolution of the the of evolution the as well as card playing the of development 17 700,000 games are made each day. The museum highlights the the highlights museum The day. each made are games 700,000

Turnhout around Today Mundi. Carta formed they together and merged

ﬂ ea market. ea ﬂ followed his example and seven factories were built. These These built. were factories seven and example his followed

a welcoming, bustling atmosphere with its weekly antique and and antique weekly its with atmosphere bustling welcoming, a fi rst playing card in 1826 made Brepols its founder. Others soon soon Others founder. its Brepols made 1826 in card playing rst fi

from which to launch young talent. On Sunday mornings it has has it mornings Sunday On talent. young launch to which from card being its most famous product. The printing of the very very the of printing The product. famous most its being card

international production and, now more than ever, it is a place place a is it ever, than more now and, production international Turnhout is a centre of the graphics industry, with the playing playing the with industry, graphics the of centre a is Turnhout

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With its theatre and the Kuub, the focus is on innovation and and innovation on is focus the Kuub, the and theatre its With

National Playing Card Museum Card Playing National in Flanders, the Warande is a multifunctional meeting place. place. meeting multifunctional a is Warande the Flanders, in

to offer in a cultural sense. As one of the largest culture houses houses culture largest the of one As sense. cultural a in offer to

panded to become the hotbed of everything that Turnhout has has Turnhout that everything of hotbed the become to panded 8

stone being laid on 27 December 1967. Since then it has ex- has it then Since 1967. December 27 on laid being stone

after which the Warande was built up in two phases; the fi rst rst fi the phases; two in up built was Warande the which after

park. From 1875 to 1975 it was the site of Turnhout’s hospital, hospital, Turnhout’s of site the was it 1975 to 1875 From park. monument status. status. monument

The location of the Warande was formerly part of the castle castle the of part formerly was Warande the of location The funeral of its fi rst parish priest. In 1999 the church was awarded awarded was church the 1999 In priest. parish rst fi its of funeral

yet to be fi nished. The very fi rst service in the new church was the the was church new the in service rst fi very The nished. fi be to yet

De Warande De when pastor Verschueren died at the age of 61, only the ﬂ oor was was oor ﬂ the only 61, of age the at died Verschueren pastor when

of his son, Jules. The work went quickly and in September 1906, 1906, September in and quickly went work The Jules. son, his of

5 P.J. Taeymans, who then left the rest of the work in the hands hands the in work the of rest the left then who Taeymans, P.J.

the Sacred Heart. It was constructed after a design by architect architect by design a after constructed was It Heart. Sacred the

R.E. PaulVanMiert,CampusBlairon200,Turnhout of Church current the of stone rst fi the of laying the in resulted this

Hospital. Hospital. The task of pastor Verschueren was to build a church and in 1903 1903 in and church a build to was Verschueren pastor of task The

tal nurse, Alena, collected during her career at the St. Elisabeth Elisabeth St. the at career her during collected Alena, nurse, tal

Church of the Sacred Heart Sacred the of Church sick is beautifully charted using the medical materials that hospi- that materials medical the using charted beautifully is sick

millions of lives across the world. The evolution of care for the the for care of evolution The world. the across lives of millions

his team, discovered over 100 new medicines that went on to save save to on went that medicines new 100 over discovered team, his 16

was a well-loved doctor in the Campine region who, along with with along who, region Campine the in doctor well-loved a was

developmental work in the realm of pharmaceuticals. Janssen Janssen pharmaceuticals. of realm the in work developmental

the Cultural City of Flanders. Flanders. of City Cultural the Discover the importance of this world citizen, his team and their their and team his citizen, world this of importance the Discover

however, it was used as a lighthouse when Turnhout became became Turnhout when lighthouse a as used was it however, greatest Belgian ever - after Father Damian - Dr. Paul Janssen. Janssen. Paul Dr. - Damian Father after - ever Belgian greatest

eventually replaced by a more modern installation. In 2012, 2012, In installation. modern more a by replaced eventually many achievements of Turnhout’s most honoured citizen and the the and citizen honoured most Turnhout’s of achievements many

Having been often out of use in the intervening years, it was was it years, intervening the in use of out often been Having history of care for the sick, as well as of the long career and and career long the of as well as sick, the for care of history

hout coat of arms can be seen on the side of the water tower. tower. water the of side the on seen be can arms of coat hout The Medical Educational Museum or Meducuem tells of the rich rich the of tells Meducuem or Museum Educational Medical The

tended the inaugural unveiling of the water supply. The Turn- The supply. water the of unveiling inaugural the tended

Meduceum 19th June 1904 Crown Prince Albert and Princess Elisabeth at- Elisabeth Princess and Albert Prince Crown 1904 June 19th

put out to build a water tower. Construction went well and on on and well went Construction tower. water a build to out put

source had been discovered in the area, in 1902 a tender was was tender a 1902 in area, the in discovered been had source

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the dyed cotton fabric called siamoises; the company was 2 i founded and built up by François Borghs. A passageway brings you out on to Tweetorentjesplein (Square of two towers); the ‘t Steentje Tourist Information Offi ce building to your right and the one opposite were formerly the Taxandriamuseum stables and coach house of François du Four. Both buildings For a long time the old Steentje building was a prison and home date from 1889, a date that can be seen above the entrance. The majestic ‘Huis metten Thoren’ (Tower House) dates from to a local policeman. Later it became a guesthouse, served as the mid-16th Century and, after the castle, it is the oldest re- a district court and a seat of administration for the poor. At one maining residence in the city. In 1649 Princess Amalia of Solms point it even took on the role of gunpowder store for the vigi- stayed here following her ‘joyous entry’, demonstrating the im- lante patrol. The city purchased the dilapidated building in 1902 25 portance of the house. In 1952 the city purchased the patrician and tore it down two years later. The new Steentje was rebuilt residence and six years later the building was honoured with a in 1922 by the architect Van Ravestyn. If you look up you will see Paterspand ‘classifi ed’ label by the Monuments and Sites Department. The in the gable the historic Turnhout coat of arms. Museum of Playing Cards was housed here in 1969, but later Paterspand was a former religious residence of Friars Minor. After swapped addresses with the Taxandria Museum. After a thor- an absence of a hundred years, they returned to Turnhout in 1897. ough restoration in 1996, it reopened its doors. Each room is After the priests left, the League of Christian Employers purchased ‘inhabited’ by an historical fi gure. Why not get to know all of the 7 the cloister complex in 1989. The most extensive phase of the ren- guests and allow them to tell you their stories about the origin ovation work was the conversion of the cloister into a service cen- and history of Turnhout and the Antwerp Campine region as St Peter’s Church tre without making any drastic changes to the existing structure. part of the new permanent exhibition, ‘Hotel Taxandria’. The most notable change, however, was the covering of part of the The church is built of brick, which was formerly the only mate- cloister garden. Make sure to take a look at the glass dome and the rial available in the region. The oldest section of the church, the ‘Den Engel’ (The Angel) statue by sculptor Walter Pompe. 3 foundation part of the tower and part of a previous church date Castle of back to the 13th Century; the choir with the processional aisle, the Dukes of Brabant apse chapels and transept were built in the Gothic style during the second half of the 15th Century. The baroque crossing tow- 1 The castle probably dates from the start of the 13th Century.

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