Genk Things to Do

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BOKRIJK --- OPEN AIR MUSEUM

 Saturday, July 30, 2005 Hans and I, along with Johan and his lovely wife Wies, spent a wonderful day at BOKRIJK an OPEN AIR MUSEUM ( Het Openluchtmuseum ) located near Genk, Belgium. In the 19th... 

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Genk the "Green" Multicultural city of Belgium.

 Genk is the second largest city in Limburg with 62.860 inhabitants, in an area of 8.785ha45a74ca. 16.40% of the inhabitants have got a foreign nationality: Italian, Turkish, Moroccan, Greek, Dutch,...... 

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Born and raised in genk

 back in the 50ties and 60ties, Genk grew from a small community into a typical coalminerstown. Immigrants from all over Europe came to work in the mines. They made Genk to what it is now : a... 

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This is NOT Gent!

 It should go without saying, but if as many people told the people of New York that they really hail from Newark, just because both places sound very similar, I am sure that New Yorkers would waste no... 

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Genk, beautiful and multi-cultural city

 In the beginning of the 20th century Genk was just a small village like many others. In the beginning of the 20th century a Mr. André Dumont find coal and the population of Genk rise. People from many...