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Living in Turnhout

Living in Turnhout

Facilities at KHK Campus Turnhout

Facilities in Turnhout

Accommodation in Turnhout

 

Facilities in Turnhout

How to pay

Commonly accepted credit cards in Belgium are Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club and American Express.  These cards can also be used in cash machines like ‘Bancontact’ or ‘Mister Cash’.  You can find these at the following places:

  • Grote Markt 53: ING
  • Gasthuisstraat 11: Fortis
  • Grote Markt 73: KBC

Using the phone

If you want to call Belgium from abroad, dial the international admission number (this number varies for each country), then the area code (omit the 0) and finally the subscriber’s number.  The country code for Belgium is 32.  

If you want to call abroad from Belgium, dial 00 (= international admission number), then the country code and finally the area code (omit the 0) and the subscriber’s number. 

Telephone cards, which are necessary to call from a telephone booth, can be purchased in post offices, railway stations, book shops or in the telephone shops. 

Important phone numbers

100 for urgent medical assistance and the fire brigade
101 police
112 European emergency number
106 'tele-onthaal', a helpful ear for urgent psychological needs
1207 to find a subscriber’s number in Belgium (Dutch)
1307 to find a subscriber’s number in Belgium (French)
1204 to find a subscriber’s number in foreign countries (Dutch)
1405 English directory assistance
03/217 75 95 special centre for the treatment of burns
070/245 245 anti-poison service
02/649 95 55 suicide prevention
02/648 40 14 help-line (English, 24 hours, crisis information and support)
070/344 344 Card stop in case of loss of credit cards

 

Shopping

The supermarket chains GB super (Korte Gasthuisstraat 38), Carrefour (Parklaan 80) and Aldi (Steenweg op Gierle  329) run their own ‘brand’ lines, the latter of which cuts prices considerably, especially in daily goods such as bread, milk, rice, …  There’s also a smaller supermarket in the centre of Turnhout, named Het Grote Ei (Mermansstraat 73), the only shop opened on Sundays, and Peeters-Govers (Korte Gasthuisstraat 40).  Dairy products, fruit and vegetables can be bought cheaply at the weekly market on Saturday (parking place Grote Markt).  

Small grocery stores are a little more expensive.  They usually are open between 09.00 a.m. and 06.00 p.m. and are closed on Sundays.

We also have a few night shops in Turnhout, which are opened longer than usual stores:

  • Malik (Otterstraat 1, 2300 Turnhout) 
  • No Name (Herentalsstraat 28, 2300 Turnhout)
  • Crown Night Shop (Zegeplein 16, 2300 Turnhout)
  • Mini-Markt (Herentalsstraat 50, 2300 Turnhout) -10% for KHK Health Care students (except for alcohol and tobacco)
  • ‘t Groenteboerke (Merode Center 25/19, 2300 Turnhout)
Bakery is known as Bakker
Hairdresser   Kapper/Kapsalon
Bookstore   Boekhandel
Butcher   Slager/Beenhouwerij
Dairy   Zuivel
Fish shop   Viswinkel
Grocery store   Kruidenier/Algemene voeding
Florist   Bloemenwinkel/Bloemist
Pharmacy/Chemist   Apotheker/Drogist
Newsagent   Krantenwinkel/Kiosk

 

Flemish eating habits

In Flanders, people usually have three meals a day:

  • Breakfast: sandwiches / slices of bread or cereals, coffee or tea
  • Lunch: sandwiches with coffee or tea
  • Dinner: 3 course hot meal: soup, main dish with meat or fish and potatoes, desert (served around 6 p.m.).

Typical Flemish dishes are:

  • Steak and chips
  • Mussels
  • Various stews like rabbit in Trappist beer or Gentse Waterzooi

Cheap restaurants and snack bars:

  • Melrose: sandwiches, snacks, hot meals (Zegeplein 13, tel.: 014/42 68 07)
  • Pain Matin: sandwiches, bread (Warandestraat 8, tel.: 014/42 34 65)
  • Hema: sandwiches, spaghetti, snacks (Gasthuisstraat 36, tel.: 014/41 04 78)
  • Grand Café Beaugart: pasta, snacks, hot meals (Grote Markt 46, tel 014/558795)
  • Waterput: pizza, pita, pasta (Grote Markt 75, tel.: 014/65 25 55)
  • Broodjes & Co.: sandwiches and snacks (Herentalsstraat 77, 2300 Turnhout tel 014/700235)

Laundry service

You can wash your clothes here for a small amount of money.

  • Quick Shop (Herentalsstraat 15, 2300 Turnhout)
  • Washcenter (Korte Gasthuisstraat 50, 2300 Turnhout)
  • Gudrun (Renier Sniedersstraat 65, 2300 Turnhout)
  • ‘t Strijkcenter (Rubensstraat 68, 2300 Turnhout)

Sockets

If you want to use the Belgian sockets, it’s good to bring an international plug with you. 

Post

Stamps are for sale at the post office (‘postkantoor’).  You can also buy them in some tourist shops where you choose your postcards.  Each town or town area has at least one post office.  We have red post office boxes in Belgium. The address of the post office in Turnhout is: Grote Markt 39, 2300 Turnhout. 

For further information visit their website www.depost.be.

Taxi

  • T.T.T.
    Kastelein 170
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel.: 014 43 64 64
  • Taxi Jef
    Vredestraat 106
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel: 0473 24 23 24

Doctors

Weekend emergency number: 014 45 08 88.

  • Ms Ellen Vandeput
    Merodelei 95
    014 /42 63 96
    2300 Turnhout
  • Mr Frank Lauwers
    Schorvoortberg 43
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel.: 014/41 75 76
  • Mr Paul Cornil
    Otterstraat 127
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel.: 014/41 22 67

Pharmacies

  • De Meester
    Herentalsstraat 44
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel.: 014/41 23 67
  • Apotheek De Kempen
    Otterstraat 183
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel 014/414163

Dentists

Weekend emergency number: tel.nr. 0900 10 500.

  • Geert De Zutter bvba
    Paterstraat 92
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel 014/437624
  • Orthodon
    DE MERODELEI 161
    2300 TURNHOUT
    BELGIEN
    Tel. +32 (0) 14/410156

Sports & leisure

In the immediate vicinity of the institute you can enjoy the following facilities:

  • Fitomania (Rubensstraat 96 bus 1, tel.: 014/43 92 99) 
  • Do it (Korte Albertstraat 2, tel.: 014/43 81 96) 
  • Horizon Sportclub (Steenweg op Gierle 185, tel.: 014/41 09 25) 
  • Stadspark Sportcentrum (Parklaan 54, tel.: 014/43 00 91)
  • Indoor Swimming pool Stadspark (Parklaan 58, tel.: 014/409696)

Tourist office

Public Library

Cultural centre

  • De Warande
    Warandestraat 42
    2300 Turnhout
    Tel.: 014/41 94 94
    Website: www.warande.be