8 reasons why you should visit Vincent's Homeland

This is the only place in North Brabant where you can admire original works by the world-renowned artist! The Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch is recommended for people of all ages. Experience Vincent van Gogh’s years in Brabant through his paintings, and with animations, films and soundtracks developed especially for the museum. What did Van Gogh’s Brabant look like? And how did this initially misunderstood artist grow to become an icon? And while you are in the city, visit the Design Museum Den Bosch or take a boat trip through the Binnendieze underground waterway!

Whenever you say Van Gogh, you’re saying ‘Nuenen’... Van Gogh’s very first masterpiece - the Potato Eaters - was painted here in 1885. In Van Gogh Village Museum you can get to know Vincent as a person and follow his development to become a world-famous painter. But that’s not all! More than 23 locations in this charming, picturesque village remind us of Vincent, so Nuenen has every right to call itself a ‘Van Gogh Village’.

After his attempts to become an art dealer, a teacher and a preacher, the 28-year-old Vincent once again went to live with his parents in Etten. Not only did he fall in love for the first time here, it was here that he pursued his dream to become an artist. Unusual memories are there for the taking in the Van Gogh Church in Etten-Leur, including his father Theodorus van Gogh’s original pulpit.

Experience the most innovative and artistic cycle path in the Netherlands! The 600-metre-long Van Gogh-Roosegaarde Cycle Path – located between Nuenen and Eindhoven – contains thousands of small stones that reflect light after dark, inspired by the world-famous Starry Night. No other cycle path could be so romantic… This unique section of cycle route is part of the Van Gogh route in Eindhoven.

Vincent’s art room is the only location in the Netherlands where anyone can draw on digital drawing boards. The art room was opened in 2009 in the Tilburg Paleis-Raadhuis (City Hall), where Vincent had received his first drawing lessons. Vincent’s art room is now located in the Ontdekstation013 (Discovery Station 013) in the Spoorzone, the former railway yards. A great place for children and adults! There is plenty more to discover in the Spoorzone in Tilburg, such as the Spoorpark with its wonderful lookout tower, and the LocHal, proclaimed the ‘World Building of the Year’.