Out in nature

  • Wandelaar op een brug over Het Dommelpad.
  • Jong stel loopt de Van Gogh wandelroute Nuenen
  • Stel op een bankje genieten in de Loonse- en Drunense Duinen
  • Paarden in de Biesbosch
The national parks of North Brabant Tips The best route tips Inspiring travel ideas

North Brabant region brings you closer to the countryside, so you can recharge, rest, play and exercise. With no fewer than four national parks and a large network of walking and cycling routes, Brabant is the place to be if you are an outdoor enthusiast.

In North Brabant, you could come face to face with a beaver or bison. Explore the unique countryside of the Biesbosch National Park or Loon and Drunen Dunes National Park or dive straight into the natural greenery from the city. In Brabant, you are never far from an exceptional nature area. It is with good reason that the Brabant countryside inspired no one less than Van Gogh to create his most famous artworks.

The national parks of North Brabant

Tips

The best route tips

    • Cycling stage 1: Boxtel – Veghel | German (Railway) Line

      Cycling stage 1: Boxtel – Veghel | German (Railway) Line

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      ( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 30 km

      Ride through the Groene Woud or the Green Forest along the former railway line and discover old train stations.

    • Oisterwijk Leather Route | Made in Brabant

      Oisterwijk Leather Route | Made in Brabant

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      ( 2 hour) 27 km

      Ride along with delivery boy Rien and explore the leather industry in Oisterwijk on this 27-kilometre cycle route.

    • The Timberwolves Cycle Route South | Liberation Route Brabant

      The Timberwolves Cycle Route South | Liberation Route Brabant

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      ( 4 hour 20 minutes ) 52 km

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

    • 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...

    • 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...

    • Gnome King Kyrië

      Gnome King Kyrië
      ( 2 hour) 24 km

      Gnomes in Kempen

    • The White Fox

      The White Fox
      ( 4 hour 25 minutes ) 53 km

      Cat-and-mouse game in the Kempen

    • Cycling stage 2: Veghel – Uden – Mill | German (Railway) Line

      Cycling stage 2: Veghel – Uden – Mill | German (Railway) Line

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      ( 2 hour 10 minutes ) 26 km

      Cycle along the traces of the German (Railway) Line over monumental railway bridges and past old guard posts.

    • Smugglers’ Route De Groote Heide: the smuggler | Border Stories

      Smugglers’ Route De Groote Heide: the smuggler | Border Stories
      ( 3 hour 40 minutes ) 44 km

      Learn about the smugglers’ past of De Groote Heide by following this 44-kilometre-long cycle route.

    • 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...

    • The nine marvels of Oudenbosch’s walking tour

      The nine marvels of Oudenbosch’s walking tour
      ( 45 minutes ) 2.5 km

      Walk through Oudenbosch using this route of 2.5 kilometres and discover the history through nine unique marvels.

    • 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.

    • TOP Scenic Walking Tour the Loon and Drunen Dunes

      TOP Scenic Walking Tour the Loon and Drunen Dunes
      ( 4 hour 5 minutes ) 16.4 km

      Nowhere else is a walk as beautiful as in the Loon and Drunen Dunes National Park.

    • 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.

    • Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Sint Agatha

      Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Sint Agatha
      ( 1 hour 40 minutes ) 7.6 km

      The oldest inhabited convent in the Netherlands

    • 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.

    • Walking route 03 : Steenbergen - Willemstad | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 03 : Steenbergen - Willemstad | The Canadian liberation route
      ( 5 hour 44 minutes ) 25.1 km

      Discover how Dinteloord paid a heavy toll for freedom one day before the liberation.

    • 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...

    • 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 stage 6 : Pelt - Peer | The Dommelpad Nature Route

      Walking stage 6 : Pelt - Peer | The Dommelpad Nature Route
      ( 5 hour) 22.5 km

      Walk from Pelt to Peer on this countryside stage of the Dommelpad.

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