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

    • 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.

    • Land van de Peel Textile Route │Made in Brabant

      Land van de Peel Textile Route │Made in Brabant
      ( 3 hour 50 minutes ) 46 km

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

    • Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet

      Cycle route The Mystery of the Golden Peel Helmet
      ( 4 hour 40 minutes ) 56 km

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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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...

    • TOP Scenic Route Cycling Maashorst

      TOP Scenic Route Cycling Maashorst

      Limited access

      ( 3 hour 35 minutes ) 45 km

      Cycle this recommended TOP Scenic Route through the Maashorst. During this adventurous cycle route through the Maashorst you will discover what mak...

    • The White Feather Gang

      The White Feather Gang
      ( 3 hour 35 minutes ) 43 km

      The White Feather Gang (Bende van de Witte Veer) cycle route is an exciting 43-kilometre route in the De Langstraat region of Brabant. It will take...

    • Liberation route Breda

      Liberation route Breda
      ( 3 hour 30 minutes ) 42 km

      This route in and around Breda shows the victory march of the Poles. In 1944, under the leadership of General Maczek, they liberated the city. Than...

    • 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...

    • 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 walk Huijbergen

      Monastery Trail: circular walk Huijbergen
      ( 3 hour 7 minutes ) 14 km

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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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 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.

    • 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 15 Vught – Den Bosch

      Our Monastery Trail Stage 15 Vught – Den Bosch
      ( 3 hour 10 minutes ) 16 km

      This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Vught and 's-Hertogenbosch. In this route you walk from monastery hotel ZIN in Vught...

    • Walking route 08 : Sprang-Capelle - Udenhout | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 08 : Sprang-Capelle - Udenhout | The Canadian liberation route
      ( 6 hour 24 minutes ) 28 km

      Walk through the Loon and Drunen Dunes and pass three unique liberation locations.

    • Monastery Walk in De Groote Heide

      Monastery Walk in De Groote Heide
      ( 2 hour 30 minutes ) 11.2 km

      This monastery walk will allow you to discover the beautiful countryside around the Achelse Kluis in Hamont-Achel in De Groote Heide heathland.

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