Picnic area Park Blue lake - Lommel

This picnic area is located on the Oude Diestersebaan near Park Blauwe Meer and the Ford Lommel Test Tracks.

Park Blauwe Meer has camping pitches, a bujiten and indoor swimming pool with a beach.

Ford Lommel Test Tracks (Lommel Proving Ground or LPG for short) has been the main test track for Ford of Europe since 1965 . The track was built in 1965. The total length of the test tracks is 100 km . The annual test distance is between 5 and 10 million km.

In addition to test tracks, there are also climate chambers , fresh and salt water baths and the like.

On September 7, 2019, a world record was broken. More than 1,300 Ford Mustangs form a procession of several kilometers long. The record attempt was made on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of this American car.

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