Genk

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

Understand

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

Visitor information

• Visit Genk

Get in

By train

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

See

• 1 Bokrijk Open-Air Museum, Bokrijklaan 1, 3800 Genk, ☏ +32 11 265 300, fax: +32 11 265 370, infobokrijk@limburg.be. 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)
• 2 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)
• 3 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)
• 4 Labiomista. Conceptual art park, created by artist Koen Vanmechelen. (updated Dec 2022)

Do

Labiomista

• 1 Sportingenk, E. Van Dorenlaan 144. Sports park with swimming pool, skate park and obstacle & ropes courses. (updated Dec 2022)
• 2 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.

Buy

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.

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

Eat

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

Drink

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

Sleep

• 1 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)
• 2 Hotel 't Hert, Winterslagstraat 11. The oldest hotel in town. Good basic hotel. from €60.00 including breakfast. (updated Dec 2022)
• 3 Green Hotel, Europalaan 68. Hotel and Roots bar with rooftop garden. from €73.50, breakfast €15. (updated Dec 2022)