10 amazing cycling and hiking experiences in North Brabant

By: Kiki Hiker | Read time: 14 minutes

Cycle through a museum, walk through water with dry feet or plan your own unique route. Anyone coming walking and cycling in North Brabant can choose from unique experiences. The cycle routes and hiking trails not only take you through the most beautiful natural landscapes, but also past castles, monasteries, watchtowers, good restaurants and bicycle cafés. Feel free to take it down a gear as there are plenty of wonderful things to stop for in North Brabant.

Follow a walking route where there is not only plenty to see, but where you also experience stories. Sixteen monastery trails have been marked out in North Brabant. They last for one to one and a half hours and take you through the Brabant monastic life from the past to the present. The routes connect existing and former monasteries and abbeys in the stunning countryside.

The monastery circular walks are part of the Brabant Monastery Trail, a 330-kilometre walking route in North Brabant consisting of 15 stages. Take a break along the way with a delicious Trappist beer, spend the night in an old monastery and browse in the abbey shops.

Our Monastery Trail Stage 15 Vught – Den Bosch
Our Monastery Trail Stage 15 Vught – Den Bosch
( 3 hour 10 minutes ) 16 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Vught and 's-Hertogenbosch. In this route you walk from monastery hotel ZIN in Vught...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 1 ‘s-Hertogenbosch - Heeswijk
Our Monastery Trail Stage 1 ‘s-Hertogenbosch - Heeswijk
( 5 hour 20 minutes ) 22.5 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between 's-Hertogenbosch and Heeswijk. It runs from city monastery San Damiano in 's-Hertoge...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 2 Heeswijk - Uden
Our Monastery Trail Stage 2 Heeswijk - Uden
( 3 hour 25 minutes ) 18.5 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Heeswijk and Uden. It runs from the Abbey of Berne in Heeswijk to Maria Refugie Abbe...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 3 Uden - Megen
Our Monastery Trail Stage 3 Uden - Megen
Limited access

( 6 hour 15 minutes ) 28 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Uden and Megen. It runs from Maria Refugie Abbey and Museum Krona in Uden to St Anto...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 4 Megen - Velp
Our Monastery Trail Stage 4 Megen - Velp
( 4 hour 25 minutes ) 20 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Megen and Velp. It runs from St Antony of Padua Monastery in Megen to the Emmaus Fri...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 5 Velp - Sint Agatha
Our Monastery Trail Stage 5 Velp - Sint Agatha
( 5 hour 45 minutes ) 26 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Velp and Sint Agatha. It runs from Emmaus Friary in Velp to the Monastery of Saint A...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 6 Sint Agatha - Boxmeer
Our Monastery Trail Stage 6 Sint Agatha - Boxmeer
( 4 hour) 18 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Sint Agatha and Boxmeer. It runs from the Monastery of Saint Agatha to the Carmelite...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 7 Boxeer – Boekel
Our Monastery Trail Stage 7 Boxeer – Boekel
( 6 hour 25 minutes ) 29 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Boxmeer and Boekel. It runs from the Carmelite Monastery in Boxmeer to Huize Padua i...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 8 Boekel – Aarle Rixtel
Our Monastery Trail Stage 8 Boekel – Aarle Rixtel
( 5 hour) 22.5 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Boekel and Aarle Rixtel. This route takes you from Huize Padua and museum De Kluis i...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 9 Aarle Rixtel - Eindhoven
Our Monastery Trail Stage 9 Aarle Rixtel - Eindhoven
( 6 hour 20 minutes ) 28.5 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Aarle Rixtel and Eindhoven. This route takes you from Missionary Convent Heilig Bloe...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 10 Eindhoven – Vessem
Our Monastery Trail Stage 10 Eindhoven – Vessem
( 4 hour 53 minutes ) 22 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Eindhoven and Vessem. This route takes you from Mariënhage Monastery in Eindhoven to...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 11 Vessem – Oirschot
Our Monastery Trail Stage 11 Vessem – Oirschot
( 5 hour) 22.5 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Vessem and Oirschot. This route takes you from Pilgrims’ Hostel Kafarnaüm in Vessem...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 12 Oirschot – Berkel-Enschot
Our Monastery Trail Stage 12 Oirschot – Berkel-Enschot
( 5 hour 30 minutes ) 25.4 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Oirschot and Berkel-Enschot. This route takes you from Nazareth Convent in Oirschot...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 13 Berkel-Enschot – Biezenmortel
Our Monastery Trail Stage 13 Berkel-Enschot – Biezenmortel
( 4 hour 25 minutes ) 20 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Berkel-Enschot and Biezenmortel. This route takes you from Koningshoeven Abbey in Be...
Our Monastery Trail Stage 14 Biezenmortel – Vught
Our Monastery Trail Stage 14 Biezenmortel – Vught
( 5 hour 5 minutes ) 23 km

This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Biezenmortel and Vught. This route takes you from Landpark Assisië in Biezenmortel t...
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Megen
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Megen
( 1 hour) 4.8 km

The circular walk on this map lets you discover the beautiful countryside around the Poor Clares and Franciscan monastery in Megen. The route is 4....
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Heeswijk-Dinther
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Heeswijk-Dinther
( 2 hour 20 minutes ) 10.4 km

This 10.4 km circular walk revolves around the Berne Abbey, both literally and figuratively.
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Boxmeer
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Boxmeer
( 55 minutes ) 4.1 km

The circular walk of 4.1 km takes you past places that tell the story of monastery life in Boxmeer, and past the beautiful embankments of the river...
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Aarle-Rixtel
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Aarle-Rixtel
( 2 hour 55 minutes ) 13 km

This 13-kilometre circular walk lets you discover the beautiful countryside around the Missionary Convent Holy Blood (Missieklooster Heilig Bloed)...
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Oirschot
Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Oirschot
( 2 hour 10 minutes ) 9.8 km

Explore the Nazareth monastery and the Holy Oak pilgrimage place in Oirschot.
Tour of the monastery in Uden
Tour of the monastery in Uden
( 2 hour 20 minutes ) 10.7 km

Place of refuge for expelled monastics: discover the various aspects of monastic life in Uden.
Tour of the monastery in Velp
Tour of the monastery in Velp
( 2 hour 40 minutes ) 11.9 km

This monastery tour shows where the religious Brabant and the embattled Brabant meet.
Tour of the monastery in Vught
Tour of the monastery in Vught
( 2 hour 25 minutes ) 11.8 km

This tour of the monastery allows you to explore the beautiful countryside around the monastery hotel ZIN in Vught.
Tour of the monastery in Vessem
Tour of the monastery in Vessem
( 2 hour) 9.2 km

This tour of the monastery allows you to explore the beautiful countryside around the pilgrims’ hostel Capernaum.

Have your camera at the ready on the most photogenic walking and cycle routes North Brabant has to offer. Along the Brabantse Wal, close to Bergen op Zoom, you walk over the Moses Bridge (photo right) through the water without getting your feet wet. This provides some exceptional pictures! And just past 's-Hertogenbosch, the Moerputten Bridge (photo left) provides lovely shots of the weathered railway track amid a vast nature area. There are even more photogenic walking spots in the Brabant countryside, see the prettiest wooden walkways in North Brabant below.

6 Wooden Walkways

Smugglers, a gnome king and gangs: on the Sagas & Legends routes you experience a truly exceptional adventure in the Brabant countryside. Follow the trail of members of the White Feather Gang in Loon op Zand and discover the story of the ‘child prodigy’ of Hilvarenbeek. Meet Gnome King Kyrië in De Kempen and learn more about the Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet. With the Sagas & Legends routes, a trip into the North Brabant countryside becomes a thrilling experience for all ages.

Black Kaat bicycle route
Black Kaat bicycle route
( 3 hour) 36 km

The bicycle route 'Zwarte Kaat' lets you hunt a legend. Feel her breath in the wind, hear her squeaky voice in the woods, get to know her character...
The White Feather Gang
The White Feather Gang
( 3 hour 35 minutes ) 43 km

The White Feather Gang (Bende van de Witte Veer) cycle route is an exciting 43-kilometre route in the De Langstraat region of Brabant. It will take...
The Glowing One cycle route
The Glowing One cycle route
( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 30 km

The story of the cursed Eersel landowner
The Devil’s Bell of Sambeek
The Devil’s Bell of Sambeek
( 1 hour 30 minutes ) 18 km

Once, on Christmas Eve, the devil danced around the spire. Get on your bike and go in search of a bell that disappeared. Prick up your ears, you mi...
The Dancing Cats of Bergeijk Cycle Route
The Dancing Cats of Bergeijk Cycle Route
( 1 hour 40 minutes ) 22 km

Witchcraft in the Brabant Campine
The White Fox
The White Fox
( 4 hour 25 minutes ) 53 km

Cat-and-mouse game in the Kempen
Gnome King Kyrië
Gnome King Kyrië
( 2 hour) 24 km

Gnomes in Kempen
Animal adventures in the Maasheggen
Animal adventures in the Maasheggen
( 1 hour 15 minutes ) 15 km

The Fable route through the Maasheggen area is part of the Sagas and Legends routes: exciting cycle and walking tours in Brabant.
Jan van Gorp cycling and walking route | Sagas & Legends
Jan van Gorp cycling and walking route | Sagas & Legends
( 2 hour 5 minutes ) 15.5 km

Discover The Earthly Paradise from Jan van Gorp at Hilvarenbeek.
Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet
Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet
( 4 hour 40 minutes ) 56 km

Experience the mystery of the Peel while on this cycle route (56km) and discover the story of the Golden Peel Helmet.

North Brabant is where Vincent van Gogh was born, grew up and produced his first masterpiece: ‘The Potato Eaters’. When you cycle or walk the Van Gogh Route, you follow in the footsteps of a master painter. A cycling network covering 435 kilometres with 10 signposted cycle routes invites you to discover the North Brabant that stole Van Gogh’s heart. With the five Van Gogh NP Walking Routes, you explore the Van Gogh National Park on foot, as if you are walking through a lifelike painting.

Discover his birthplace in Zundert and the Van Gogh Church in Etten-Leur or admire his original paintings in Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch. The cycle route from Eindhoven to Nuenen takes you through the countryside that was Van Gogh’s greatest inspiration. On the way, you go past the Watermolen van Opwetten restaurant, the Van Gogh Village Museum, and the illuminated Van Gogh-Roosegaarde Cycle Path.

Van Gogh cycle route Zundert – Northwest
Van Gogh cycle route Zundert – Northwest
( 3 hour 50 minutes ) 46 km

This Van Gogh cycle route will introduce you to the six Van Gogh Monuments in Zundert, the five Van Gogh Monuments in Etten-Leur and various places...
Van Gogh cycle route Zundert – Northeast
Van Gogh cycle route Zundert – Northeast
( 4 hour 40 minutes ) 56 km

This Van Gogh cycle route will introduce you to the six Van Gogh Monuments in Zundert.
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Breda
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Breda
( 2 hour 45 minutes ) 33 km

This Van Gogh cycle route takes you past the Van Gogh highlights in and around Breda and Tilburg. There is a lovely connecting loop between both ci...
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Etten-Leur North
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Etten-Leur North
( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 32 km

This Van Gogh cycle route starts in the centre of Etten-Leur, close to the five Van Gogh Monuments.
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Etten-Leur South
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Etten-Leur South
( 2 hour 25 minutes ) 29 km

The start of a career The Van Gogh family lived in Etten from 1875 to 1882. Father Theodorus was the minister there. Etten was frequently a place o...
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Eindhoven
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Eindhoven
( 3 hour 20 minutes ) 40 km

In the period that Vincent van Gogh lived in Nuenen (1883-1885), he regularly walked to Eindhoven. He had three students there and gave lessons in...
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Helvoirt
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Helvoirt
( 1 hour 40 minutes ) 21 km

Helvoirt is located in a rural area in the middle of North Brabant. This little gem, surrounded by beautiful countryside, forms part of the Van Gog...
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Tilburg
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Tilburg
( 4 hour) 48 km

On 15 September 1866, Vincent van Gogh who was then thirteen years old, was registered in the council records in Tilburg.
Vincent van Gogh cycle route ’s-Hertogenbosch
Vincent van Gogh cycle route ’s-Hertogenbosch
( 2 hour 35 minutes ) 31 km

's-Hertogenbosch kent een rijke historie die teruggaat naar het jaar 1185. Binnen de stadsmuren heeft ’s-Hertogenbosch haar middeleeuwse structuur...
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Nuenen
Vincent van Gogh cycle route Nuenen
( 4 hour 5 minutes ) 49 km

You will be cycling through a Vincent van Gogh painting on this route, past a unique collection of buildings, monuments and landscapes.
Van Gogh NP walking tour Nuenen
Van Gogh NP walking tour Nuenen
( 2 hour 10 minutes ) 10 km

This walking tour takes you through beautiful countryside and past Nuenen’s heritage.
Van Gogh NP walking tour Etten-Leur
Van Gogh NP walking tour Etten-Leur
( 3 hour 30 minutes ) 14 km

Welcome to Etten-Leur. This is the place where Vincent van Gogh started his artistic career in 1881.
Van Gogh NP walking tour in Zundert
Van Gogh NP walking tour in Zundert
( 1 hour 30 minutes ) 8 km

The extremely varied walking tour (8 km) takes you through Vincent’s birthplace of Zundert.
Van Gogh NP walking tour Tilburg
Van Gogh NP walking tour Tilburg
( 4 hour) 16 km

Discover the area where the young Vincent took drawing lessons.
Van Gogh NP Walking Route Helvoirt
Van Gogh NP Walking Route Helvoirt
( 3 hour 20 minutes ) 15 km

Discover all the places where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked.

With no fewer than four national parks and many exceptional nature reserves, you will be hard pressed to choose a walking or cycling trail. So, we give you a helping hand. With the Brabant TOP Scenic Routes, you will always have a wonderful experience in the countryside.

Cycle through the Kalmthoutse Heide Cross-border Nature Reserve or explore De Biesbosch National Park, the largest freshwater tidal wetland in Europe. See birds during a cycling trip through De Groote Peel National Park and cross the ‘Brabant Sahara’ in the Loon and Drunen Dunes National Park.

TOP Scenic Walking Tour Huis ter Heide
TOP Scenic Walking Tour Huis ter Heide
( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 11 km

This tour takes you along the edges of the Huis ter Heide estate.
TOP Scenic Walking Tour the Loon and Drunen Dunes
TOP Scenic Walking Tour the Loon and Drunen Dunes
Limited access

( 4 hour 5 minutes ) 16.4 km

Nowhere else is a walk as beautiful as in the Loon and Drunen Dunes National Park.
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Biesbosch
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Biesbosch
( 1 hour 55 minutes ) 23 km

Fancy cycling through the Biesbosch? Discover this 23-km TOP Scenic Route in North Brabant.
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Maashorst
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Maashorst
Limited access

( 3 hour 35 minutes ) 45 km

Cycle this recommended TOP Scenic Route through the Maashorst. During this adventurous cycle route through the Maashorst you will discover what mak...
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Groote Heide
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Groote Heide
( 2 hour) 24 km

Cycle this recommended TOP Scenic Route through the Groote Heide heath. Marvel at the unprecedented beauty of nature reserve De Malpie and spot ani...
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Strabrechtse Heide
TOP Scenic Route Cycling Strabrechtse Heide
( 2 hour) 24 km

Cycle this recommended TOP Scenic Route through Strabrechtse Heide heath. During your bike ride you will discover how varied the area is.
TOP Scenic route Walk Mastbos Breda
TOP Scenic route Walk Mastbos Breda
( 1 hour 15 minutes ) 5.5 km

Walk this TOP Scenic Route through the Mastbos forest near Breda, the oldest cultural forest in the Netherlands.
TOP Scenic route Walk Oisterwijk Forests & Fens
TOP Scenic route Walk Oisterwijk Forests & Fens
( 2 hour) 9 km

Walk this TOP Scenic Route along the fens and through the forests of Oisterwijk. A different experience every season.
TOP Scenic route Walk Cartierheide
TOP Scenic route Walk Cartierheide
( 1 hour 30 minutes ) 6.5 km

Walk this TOP Scenic Route over the Cartierheide heath in the De Kempen natural park. Meet the hospitable locals.
TOP Scenic route Walk Kalmthoutse Heide
TOP Scenic route Walk Kalmthoutse Heide
( 1 hour 20 minutes ) 6 km

Walk this TOP Scenic Route along the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Every season a different experience. On the other side of the fenc...

You can walk past Brabant’s fortified towns and the surrounding countryside all the way from Grave (photo left) to Bergen op Zoom. The Zuiderwaterlinie (southern water line) is not only a historic defence line and a masterpiece of hydraulic engineering, but it also forms a chain linking some of the most beautiful towns and nature reserves in North Brabant.

The Zuiderwaterlinie Walking Trail is a route covering a total of 290 kilometres, passing 11 of Brabant’s fortified towns on the way. If you are only going walking in North Brabant for a day, you can follow an individual stage. Heusden (photo right) is one of Brabant’s most well-known fortified towns. With its picturesque streets and monumental buildings, it is certainly worth visiting.

Sample the flavours of Brabant regions along the way

North Brabant is known for its gastronomy and hospitality. Let the flavours of Brabant’s eating culture and the stories of the enthusiastic entrepreneurs inspire you during a culinary walk or cycle trip. All the Brabant Food Routes are a joy to discover.

Discover the trendy hospitality venues in industrial heritage to regional produce from farmers, and the famous asparagus on the Brabantse Wal to a genuine Bossche Bol in 's-Hertogenbosch. Along the route, you sample the flavours of the Brabant regions, but also discover unique cities and the good life in the countryside.

From heathland to grassland
From heathland to grassland
( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 28 km

On this route, heathlands, river valleys and marshes alternate with stately avenues, wide sandy paths and blooming agricultural businesses. See how...
Cycle route: Past Grazers and Grass Lands
Cycle route: Past Grazers and Grass Lands
( 3 hour 10 minutes ) 38.1 km

Sample the Maashorst with Inspecteur Löhnis, Early Rivers and the Udense Kers cherry. 125,000 years ago, the River Maas flowed through Brabant’s la...
Food experiences from quayside to kitchen
Food experiences from quayside to kitchen
( 4 hour 10 minutes ) 50.1 km

This varying route will take you past green fields, historic villages and the bustling activity of the Meierijstad region and surroundings. It’s a...
Cycle route: Culinary tradition and trendy bites
Cycle route: Culinary tradition and trendy bites
( 2 hour 10 minutes ) 25.8 km

Discover how culinary tradition and new food concepts go hand in hand in and around ‘s-Hertogenbosch. This route takes you through the medieval cen...
Cycling route: A taste of Van Gogh
Cycling route: A taste of Van Gogh
( 5 hour 50 minutes ) 70 km

The Brabant life and landscape formed the basis of the work by Vincent van Gogh. Vincent was born, grew up and painted his first masterpiece in Bra...
Endless enjoyment
Endless enjoyment
( 3 hour 38 minutes ) 45.4 km

This route takes you through a beautiful rustic area along the Belgian border. Go past vast estates, alternated with shady forests and green fields...
Cycling route: the western Langstraat
Cycling route: the western Langstraat
( 4 hour 10 minutes ) 49.8 km

Get on a bike and go on a culinary voyage of discovery in the beautiful area of the Langstraat in the Heart of Brabant region. These food routes ar...
Cycling route: the eastern Langstraat
Cycling route: the eastern Langstraat
( 3 hour 40 minutes ) 44.1 km

Get on a bike and peddle the Fiets & FOOD Route (Cycle & FOOD Route) through the beautiful region of Eastern Langstraat. This route through Heusden...

In North Brabant, you can cycle straight through a museum!During Overloon War Museum’s opening hours, you cycle through the museum on the cycle bridge. There are plenty of reasons to stop for a moment as you can look down on the exhibition of cannons and military vehicles from a height of three metres. Moreover, Overloon War Museum is one of the 60 Brabant Bicycle cafés, so you will feel warmly welcomed here as a cyclist!

Liberation route Asten
Liberation route Asten
( 3 hour 55 minutes ) 47 km

While cycling this route you will be confronted with great deeds, but also with the atrocities of war. You will pass through the area that the Alli...
Liberation route Bergeijk
Liberation route Bergeijk
( 3 hour 55 minutes ) 47 km

This route goes through the area where the English scouts first arrived on Dutch territory. In the run-up to Operation Market Garden, this group of...
Liberation route Bergen op Zoom
Liberation route Bergen op Zoom
( 3 hour 20 minutes ) 40 km

On this route, you will cycle through the landscape of the Battle of the Scheldt. The rolling hills separated the water-rich Zeeland from Brabant,...
Liberation route Breda
Liberation route Breda
( 3 hour 30 minutes ) 42 km

This route in and around Breda shows the victory march of the Poles. In 1944, under the leadership of General Maczek, they liberated the city. Than...
Liberation route Gilze Rijen
Liberation route Gilze Rijen
( 3 hour 30 minutes ) 42 km

Even today, Gilze-Rijen is dominated by flying and by planes. Immediately after the occupation, in May 1940, the Germans expanded the existing airp...
Liberation route Landerd
Liberation route Landerd
( 3 hour 45 minutes ) 45 km

This route is located in the municipality of Landerd for the most part. Here, airports, crashed aircraft and Operation Market Garden play an import...
Liberation route Son en Breugel
Liberation route Son en Breugel
( 3 hour 50 minutes ) 46 km

Hear the hum of hundreds of planes and watch the thousands of falling parachutes. That's what the inhabitants around Son en Breugel experienced on...
Liberation route Vught
Liberation route Vught
( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 30 km

The route in and around Vught serves to remind us of many life-changing events during the Second World War. One of the blackest pages in local hist...
Walking route 1: Bergeijk – Waalre | Liberation Route Brabant
Walking route 1: Bergeijk – Waalre | Liberation Route Brabant
( 5 hour 45 minutes ) 26 km

Walk in the liberators’ footsteps around Bergeijk and Waalre.
Walking route 2: Waalre – Eindhoven | Liberation Route Brabant
Walking route 2: Waalre – Eindhoven | Liberation Route Brabant
( 6 hour) 27 km

Discover the area around Waalre and Eindhoven where the first paratroopers appeared
Walking route 3: Son en Breugel – Sint-Oedenrode | Liberation Route Brabant
Walking route 3: Son en Breugel – Sint-Oedenrode | Liberation Route Brabant
( 5 hour 35 minutes ) 25 km

Discover the area around Son en Breugel and Sint-Oedenrode where the Americans landed.
Walking route 4: Sint-Oedenrode – Uden | Liberation Route Brabant
Walking route 4: Sint-Oedenrode – Uden | Liberation Route Brabant
( 5 hour 5 minutes ) 23 km

Follow the Hell’s Highway route between Sint-Oedenrode and Uden
Walking route 5: Uden - Grave | Liberation Route Brabant
Walking route 5: Uden - Grave | Liberation Route Brabant
( 6 hour) 27 km

Visit the area around Uden and Grave where the most successful military operations took place.
The Timberwolves Cycle Route North | Liberation Route Brabant
The Timberwolves Cycle Route North | Liberation Route Brabant
( 3 hour 39 minutes ) 43.9 km

Cycle 44 km along historic WWII sites in West Brabant and discover the story of The Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves Cycle Route South | Liberation Route Brabant
The Timberwolves Cycle Route South | Liberation Route Brabant
( 4 hour 20 minutes ) 52 km

Cycle 52 km along historic WWII sites in West Brabant and discover the story of the Timberwolves.

Breath-taking views

You can enjoy the North Brabant countryside in a unique way from one of the watchtowers along popular walking and cycling routes. De Maashorst Nature Reserve is at your feet at Herperduin watchtower. Who knows, you may even manage to spot a wild grazer from more than 25 metres altitude. At Fort de Roovere in Halsteren, 129 steps lead to the Pompejus watchtower and a fantastic view of De Brabantse Wal.

The Kempen Tower in the centre of the Spoorpark in Tilburg is unique, as is its ‘younger brother’ the Flaes Tower with unsurpassed views of De Utrecht Estate in Esbeek. Discover more watchtowers in North Brabant below.

If you like to turn left when the rest turn right, North Brabant makes it easy for you to draw up your own plans. In North Brabant you can easily use the numbered junction network for walks and cycle rides. With our online junction network planner, you can mark out your own walking or cycling route based on your interests and the distance you prefer.

Plan your own route

Our Monastery Trail Stage 15 Vught – Den Bosch

Our Monastery Trail Stage 1 ‘s-Hertogenbosch - Heeswijk

Our Monastery Trail Stage 2 Heeswijk - Uden

Our Monastery Trail Stage 3 Uden - Megen

Our Monastery Trail Stage 4 Megen - Velp

Our Monastery Trail Stage 5 Velp - Sint Agatha

Our Monastery Trail Stage 6 Sint Agatha - Boxmeer

Our Monastery Trail Stage 7 Boxeer – Boekel

Our Monastery Trail Stage 8 Boekel – Aarle Rixtel

Our Monastery Trail Stage 9 Aarle Rixtel - Eindhoven

Our Monastery Trail Stage 10 Eindhoven – Vessem

Our Monastery Trail Stage 11 Vessem – Oirschot

Our Monastery Trail Stage 12 Oirschot – Berkel-Enschot

Our Monastery Trail Stage 13 Berkel-Enschot – Biezenmortel

Our Monastery Trail Stage 14 Biezenmortel – Vught

Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Megen

Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Heeswijk-Dinther

Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Boxmeer

Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Aarle-Rixtel

Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Oirschot

Tour of the monastery in Uden

Tour of the monastery in Velp

Tour of the monastery in Vught

Tour of the monastery in Vessem

Black Kaat bicycle route

The White Feather Gang

The Glowing One cycle route

The Devil’s Bell of Sambeek

The Dancing Cats of Bergeijk Cycle Route

The White Fox

Gnome King Kyrië

Animal adventures in the Maasheggen

Jan van Gorp cycling and walking route | Sagas & Legends

Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet

Van Gogh cycle route Zundert – Northwest

Van Gogh cycle route Zundert – Northeast

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Breda

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Etten-Leur North

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Etten-Leur South

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Eindhoven

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Helvoirt

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Tilburg

Vincent van Gogh cycle route ’s-Hertogenbosch

Vincent van Gogh cycle route Nuenen

Van Gogh NP walking tour Nuenen

Van Gogh NP walking tour Etten-Leur

Van Gogh NP walking tour in Zundert

Van Gogh NP walking tour Tilburg

Van Gogh NP Walking Route Helvoirt

TOP Scenic Walking Tour Huis ter Heide

TOP Scenic Walking Tour the Loon and Drunen Dunes

TOP Scenic Route Cycling Biesbosch

TOP Scenic Route Cycling Maashorst

TOP Scenic Route Cycling Groote Heide

TOP Scenic Route Cycling Strabrechtse Heide

TOP Scenic route Walk Mastbos Breda

TOP Scenic route Walk Oisterwijk Forests & Fens

TOP Scenic route Walk Cartierheide

TOP Scenic route Walk Kalmthoutse Heide

Sample the flavours of Brabant regions along the way

From heathland to grassland

Cycle route: Past Grazers and Grass Lands

Food experiences from quayside to kitchen

Cycle route: Culinary tradition and trendy bites

Cycling route: A taste of Van Gogh

Endless enjoyment

Cycling route: the western Langstraat

Cycling route: the eastern Langstraat

Liberation route Asten

Liberation route Bergeijk

Liberation route Bergen op Zoom

Liberation route Breda

Liberation route Gilze Rijen

Liberation route Landerd

Liberation route Son en Breugel

Liberation route Vught

Walking route 1: Bergeijk – Waalre | Liberation Route Brabant

Walking route 2: Waalre – Eindhoven | Liberation Route Brabant

Walking route 3: Son en Breugel – Sint-Oedenrode | Liberation Route Brabant

Walking route 4: Sint-Oedenrode – Uden | Liberation Route Brabant