Genk (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣɛŋk]) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself.
Population: 63,666
Latitude: 50° 57' 54.00" N
Longitude: 5° 30' 2.95" E
The Virga-Jesse Basilica in Hasselt, Belgium, stands where a member of the Fraternity of Our Lady built the Clerkenkapel in 1334. This first building was replaced by a church in late Baroque and early Classical Revival style in 1727.
The Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts (Dutch: Toneelacademie Maastricht) is a college of dramatic arts located in the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is part of the Zuyd University (Hogeschool Zuyd).
Stein ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands.
The Siege of Maastricht(11 – 30 June 1673) ended when Jacques de Fariaux, the governor of the Dutch garrison, surrendered to an army under the command of Louis XIV during the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678).
Meuse-Inférieure ("Lower Meuse"; Dutch: Nedermaas or Beneden-Maas; German: Niedermaas) is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. It is named after the river Meuse.
The Maastricht Academy of Music, Dutch: Conservatorium Maastricht, located in the city of Maastricht, is one of nine music academies in the Netherlands. The academy is a faculty of the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Zuyd in Dutch) f…
Zutendaal Air Base (ICAO: EBSL) is a reserve Belgian Air Component base, located 4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Genk (Limburg), approximately 50 miles (80 km) east-northeast of Brussels.
A former village, Amby is now a neighborhood (part 25) of Maastricht, in the Netherlands, located about 4 km northeast of the center of the city.
The Academic Hospital Maastricht (Dutch: Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht) or AZM is the main hospital of the city of Maastricht and affiliated with Maastricht University.
Stadion de Geusselt (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈɣøːsəlt]) is a multi-use stadium in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of MVV Maastricht.
Alden Biesen is a 16th-century castle in Belgium, located in the small village of Rijkhoven in the municipality of Bilzen in the province of Limburg.
The Zuid-Willemsvaart [zœytˈʋɪləmsfaːrt] ("South Willem's Canal") is a canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a shortcut in river Meuse between the cities of Maastricht and 's-Hertogenbosch.
Sint Pieter (Saint Peter) is a neighbourhood in the city of Maastricht, in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located on the western bank of the river Meuse, in the south of the city, and borders Belgium (both Flanders and Wallonia). It is a relat…
The Jekerkwartier (Limburgish (Maastrichtian variant): Jekerkerteer) is a neighbourhood in the old city centre of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.
The Jeker (Dutch, in French: Geer) is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands.
Herkenrode Abbey (Limburgish: Abdij van Herkenrode) was a former monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Kuringen, part of the municipality of Hasselt, which lies in the province of Limburg, Belgium.
ALZ (Allegheny-Longdoz) is a stainless steel producer based in Genk in Limburg province, Flanders, Belgium.
The Juliana Canal (Dutch: Julianakanaal), named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, is a 36 km long canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a bypass of an unnavigable section of the river Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht.