The castle is currently undergoing extensive restoration. The parking lot in front of the castle is partially used as a yard entrance. Please use the parking lot further down Horststraat. Brasserie Wagenhuys will remain open during the works. Every fourth Sunday of the month (with some exceptions), a restoration tour takes place in the castle's yard: https: //www.herita.be/nl/events/restauratie-rondleiding-het-kasteel-van-horst.
Horst Castle is an iconic beacon in the Hageland hills. The picturesque moated castle first appears in written sources as early as 1434. The robust square residential tower from the 15th century still stands as it did when the Red Knight lived there, at least in the comic series. In the 17th century Maria-Anna Van den Tympel gave the castle extra grandeur with a chapel, coach house and banquet rooms with refined stucco work. Then the castle went out of fashion, and fortunately so, because that is precisely why it was preserved so authentically.
Practical
Opening hours
The castle is currently closed due to restoration work.
Dogs
Dogs are allowed in the castle grounds, but not in the castle itself.
Location and accessibility
Parking
Parking nearby
Accessibility
The castle is not accessible to wheelchair users and baby carriages.