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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Cycling stage 3: Mill – Cuijk – Gennep | German (Railway) Line

      Cycling stage 3: Mill – Cuijk – Gennep | German (Railway) Line

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      ( 2 hour 55 minutes ) 35 km

      Follow the German (Railway) Line, crossing the Maas river, and explore the headquarters in Gennep.

    • 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...

    • 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.

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

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

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

    • 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 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...

    • 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...

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Walking route 11 : Lith - Ravenstein | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 11 : Lith - Ravenstein | The Canadian liberation route
      ( 5 hour 3 minutes ) 22.2 km

      In this final stage, you walk past the places where two Canadian bridges were built in the past.

    • Walking route 02: Bergen op Zoom - Steenbergen | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 02: Bergen op Zoom - Steenbergen | The Canadian liberation route
      ( 4 hour 38 minutes ) 20.3 km

      Walk past a Canadian military cemetery and several liberation monuments.

    • 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...

    • Walking stage 4 : Eindhoven - Sint-Oedenrode | The Dommelpad Watermill Route

      Walking stage 4 : Eindhoven - Sint-Oedenrode | The Dommelpad Watermill Route
      ( 5 hour 43 minutes ) 25.8 km

      Walk from Eindhoven to Sint-Oedenrode on this watermill stage of the Dommelpad.

    • Walking stage 5 : Sint-Oedenrode - Boxtel | The Dommelpad Watermill Route

      Walking stage 5 : Sint-Oedenrode - Boxtel | The Dommelpad Watermill Route
      ( 3 hour 23 minutes ) 15.3 km

      Walk from Sint-Oedenrode to Boxtel on this watermill stage of the Dommelpad.

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