La gare de Noorderkempen (en néerlandais : station Noorderkempen) est une gare ferroviaire belge de la ligne à grande vitesse d'Anvers (Y Luchtbal) à la frontière néerlandaise (LGV 4), située sur le territoire de la commune de Brecht en province d'Anvers. Mise en service en 2009, c'est la première et à ce jour la seule gare de Belgique qui soit située sur une ligne à grande vitesse.
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Noorderkempen is a railway station near the town of Brecht, Antwerp province, Belgium. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium and Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
The station makes the Northern Kempen region connected to the rail network via the HSL 4 route and is the only true high-speed station in Belgium. However, it is not served by any true high-speed train, functioning rather as a park and ride for Antwerp and to a lesser extent Breda. The Thalys services skip the station as the IC services serve the station.
This station features four tracks: the outside ones, with side platforms, are used by trains stopping there, while the central ones, with no platforms, are used by nonstop high-speed trains.
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Brecht is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor and Sint-Lenaarts. In 2021, Brecht had a total population of 29,809. The total area is 90.84 km2.
Brecht is a fast-growing municipality in the north of the Antwerp province, near the Dutch border. Noorderkempen, a railway station on the HSL 4, opened on 15 June 2009.
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Wuustwezel is a municipality located in the north of the Belgian province of Antwerp.
The municipality as it is now originated in 1977, when Wuustwezel merged with the municipality of Loenhout. It now consists of three major villages, Wuustwezel proper, Gooreind and Loenhout, and two minor hamlets, Braken and Sterbos.
In 2021, Wuustwezel had a total population of 21,346. The total area is 89.43 km2.
The Azencross Loenhout is a December cyclo-cross competition, which is part of the BPost Bank Trophy. The largest bloemencorso of Belgium is held in Loenhout. All the villages and hamlets in the area compete who has the most beautiful floats made out of flowers.
Its neighbouring municipalities are Zundert in the Netherlands, Kalmthout, Kapellen, Brasschaat, Brecht and Hoogstraten.
Wuustwezel has the postal code 2990.
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Brecht Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, is an abbey of Trappistine nuns located in Brecht, in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp. Life in the abbey is characterized by prayer, reading and manual work, the three basic elements of Trappist life.
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Loenhout is a village and deelgemeente of the municipality of Wuustwezel in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. The village is located near the Dutch border, and about 26 kilometres north-east of the city of Antwerp.
C'est une gare voyageurs de la Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (SNCB), desservie par des trains EuroCity (EC) et Heure de pointe (P).