Karting de Genk

In Genk, in Limburg, Karting Genk is one of the largest open-air karting circuits in Belgium, with two layouts, one of about five hundred and fifty metres and the other of one thousand three hundred and sixty metres. You drive petrol karts, hire SODI RT10s and Formula Hondas, and access is open to children from one metre twenty-five. The track suits an impromptu race as much as real timed events.

The venue cultivates a real racing culture: endurance races of four to six hours, sprints, live timing and an online availability calendar. The site claims to have seen future champions take to the track, and offers storage for personal karts for equipped drivers. Families, schools, companies and youth clubs find suitable packages, with a catering area and meeting rooms.

Genk is a town born of the mining industry, whose Winterslag colliery has been turned into C-Mine, a cultural and creative hub emblematic of the Limburg reconversion. The municipality borders the Hoge Kempen national park, the first in Belgium, a vast expanse of heath and pine woods. Karting Genk holds a reference spot in regional motorsport, a short way from the Netherlands and the main routes of Limburg. You book your slot online, and the venue draws drivers chasing a lap time as much as groups out to learn the ropes on one of the two layouts, all year round.