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 BrabantThe best route tips

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

    • Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet

      Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet
      (4 hour 40 minutes) 56.0 km

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

    • Waalwijk Leather Route | Made in Brabant

      Waalwijk Leather Route | Made in Brabant
      (2 hour 30 minutes) 30.0 km

      Learn about leather and cycle 30 kilometres through the past and present of the leather and shoe industry in Waalwijk.

    • Smugglers’ Route Luyksgestel

      Smugglers’ Route Luyksgestel
      (2 hour 20 minutes) 28.0 km

      Discover the smuggling history of Nellie from Luyksgestel on this 28-kilometre cycle route.

    • Land van de Peel Textile Route │Made in Brabant

      Land van de Peel Textile Route │Made in Brabant
      (3 hour 50 minutes) 46.0 km

      Cycle 43 kilometres through the breathtaking Land van de Peel and unravel the fibres of the textile past.

    • 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.

    • The Dancing Cats of Bergeijk Cycle Route

      The Dancing Cats of Bergeijk Cycle Route
      (1 hour 40 minutes) 22.0 km

      Witchcraft in the Brabant Campine

    • Vincent van Gogh cycle route Breda

      Vincent van Gogh cycle route Breda
      (2 hour 45 minutes) 33.0 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...

    • Liberation route Landerd

      Liberation route Landerd
      (3 hour 45 minutes) 45.0 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...

    • Black Kaat bicycle route

      Black Kaat bicycle route
      (3 hour) 36.0 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...

    • Cycling route: A taste of Van Gogh

      Cycling route: A taste of Van Gogh
      (5 hour 50 minutes) 70.0 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...

    • Walking stage 3 : Dommelen - Eindhoven | The Dommelpad Watermill Route

      Walking stage 3 : Dommelen - Eindhoven | The Dommelpad Watermill Route
      (3 hour 54 minutes) 17.6 km

      Walk from Dommelen to Eindhoven on this watermill stage of the Dommelpad.

    • Monastery Trail: circular tour Zundert

      Monastery Trail: circular tour Zundert
      (3 hour 3 minutes) 13.8 km

      Explore the countryside around the Abbey of Our Lady of Refuge (Abdij Maria Toevlucht) in Zundert and find silence.

    • Walking stage 1 : 's-Hertogenbosch - Boxtel | The Dommelpad Nature Route

      Walking stage 1 : 's-Hertogenbosch - Boxtel | The Dommelpad Nature Route
      (4 hour 47 minutes) 21.6 km

      Walk from ’s-Hertogenbosch to Boxtel on this countryside stage of the Dommelpad.

    • Monastery Trail: circular tour Oosterhout

      Monastery Trail: circular tour Oosterhout
      (3 hour 11 minutes) 14.3 km

      Combine the dynamics of the city with the quiet of the countryside on this walking route past three monastery complexes.

    • 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.

    • Monastery Trail: circular walk Huijbergen

      Monastery Trail: circular walk Huijbergen
      (3 hour 7 minutes) 14.0 km

      Walk through forests and dunes and discover the natural history of the Huijbergen monastery.

    • 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.

    • 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 06 : Lage Zwaluwe - Geertruidenberg | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 06 : Lage Zwaluwe - Geertruidenberg | The Canadian liberation route
      (4 hour 56 minutes) 21.6 km

      Walk along the water in De Biesbosch National Park, where resistance fighters secretly crossed the water.

    • Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Tilburg

      Our Monastery Trail: circular tour Tilburg
      (2 hour 30 minutes) 11.5 km

      Of all the cities in North Brabant, Tilburg has the highest number of (former) monasteries.

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