Het Blok

Het Blok is a forest in North Brabant, Southern Netherlands. Het Blok is situated nearby to the hamlet Heikant, as well as near the village Hulten.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tilburg Reeshof railway station and Gilze-Rijen Air Base.

Tilburg Reeshof railway station

Railway station

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Tilburg Reeshof is a railway station located in the Reeshof in Tilburg, Netherlands. It is situated on the Breda–Eindhoven railway. The station was opened on 14 December 2003. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Gilze-Rijen Air Base

Aerodrome

Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gilze-Rijen Air Base is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands, with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019. Gilze-Rijen Air Base is situated 3 km west of Het Blok.

Gilze-Rijen railway station

Railway station

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Rijen, Netherlands in the municipality Gilze en Rijen. Although the railway station is located in Rijen, it's called Gilze-Rijen because of the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, just south of Rijen. Gilze-Rijen railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Het Blok.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reeshof and Gilze.

Reeshof

Suburb

The Reeshof, is a district of the municipality Tilburg in the Netherlands. The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the Reeshof the largest district of Tilburg. The Reeshof mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later. Reeshof is situated 2½ km northeast of Het Blok.

Gilze

Village

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gilze is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Het Blok.

Rijen

Town

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.

Rijen is the largest place in the Dutch municipality of Gilze en Rijen. The city hall is located here. Rijen is situated north of the A58, between Breda and Tilburg. Surrounding places are: Dorst, Dongen and Oosterhout. Rijen is situated 4 km northwest of Het Blok.

Het Blok

Type: Forest
Location: North Brabant, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.56667° or 51° 34′ north

Longitude

4.96667° or 4° 58′ east

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

9F36HX88+MM

GeoNames ID

2754300

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Heikant and Hulten.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hultensche Bos and Nerhovensche Bosschen.

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