Vincent van Gogh cycle route Nuenen

You will be cycling through a Vincent van Gogh painting on this route, past a unique collection of buildings, monuments and landscapes.

( 4 hour 5 minutes ) 49 km

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You will be cycling through a Vincent van Gogh painting on this route, past a unique collection of buildings, monuments and landscapes. You will cycle where Vincent once walked. Every now and again you can get off your bike right where he stood. See what he saw and painted. Unique!

This route starts at the Vincentre (Berg 29, Nuenen). The story is told inside and once you are back outside you can cycle past the places where Vincent lived, where he had his studio, where his lady friend lived, where he went to church and where ‘The Potato Eaters’ was painted. You can cycle alongside the Wilhelmina Canal to Lieshout (De Vogelenzang windmill, a Van Gogh Monument) with a nice detour towards Helmond, then via Stiphout and Gerwen back to Nuenen. Listen to the information columns along the route and get to know Vincent even better.

How does the Van Gogh cycle route work?
The Van Gogh c…

How does the Van Gogh cycle route work?
The Van Gogh cycle route forms part of the cycle route network in Brabant. There is a Van Gogh cycle route sign at every intersection. Follow the Van Gogh cycle route signs from one numbered intersection to the other. Follow the cycle route network signs between the intersections. Ten short routes in the form of loops have been marked out. The routes are joined together by linking sections.

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Sights on this route

Van Gogh Village Museum

Nuenen is an ‘outdoor museum’ with no fewer than 21 buildings and landscapes which have a direct relationship with Van Gogh in Nuenen. He produced a quarter of his total works in Nuenen, including his first masterpiece The Potato Eaters!

Weaver’s house

Van Gogh Monument by Hildo Krop

In December 1929 a committee was formed in Amsterdam whose aim was to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s death with a permanent monument.

Van Gogh Church Nuenen

Vincent van Gogh’s father preached in this church in Nuenen.

De Roosdonck windmill

The windmill that takes its name from the area in which it was built is located in the open countryside just north of Nuenen.

The Potato Eaters’ cottage

The farmhouse belonging to the De Groot family stood here in Vincent’s time. Vincent painted the farmhouse and the family acted as models for countless studies of peasants’ heads and hands.

Sint Clemenskerk Gerwen

Vincent van Gogh drew the St. Clemenskerk in Gerwen in December 1883.

Van Gogh Mural Helmond

Broekdijk Avenue of Poplars

In 1884 Vincent Van Gogh painted ‘Avenue of Poplars in Autumn’ (F122), a depiction of the Schoteldonkse Hoeve farmhouse and the road leading to it.

Van Gogh-Roosegaarde cycle path

There is a unique cycle path in Eindhoven, just outside Nuenen which was inspired by The Starry Night by the master painter Vincent van Gogh.

The Opwetten Watermill

There’s something quite unique about the Opwetten Watermill because where else in the world can you find yourself inside one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings?

Old Tower and father Van Gogh’s grave

We now look over the fields, but here Vincent saw the old tower of 15th century church with cemetery. He loved the church and the cemetery. He made 35 drawings and paintings of this place.

Saint Clement Church Nuenen

Salon Nune Ville

Follow in the actual footsteps of Vincent van Gogh and Margot Begemann in Salon Nune Ville: the family home of Margot, the woman with whom Vincent experienced a dramatic love affair.