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.

    • 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...

    • Animal adventures in the Maasheggen

      Animal adventures in the Maasheggen
      ( 1 hour 15 minutes) 15.0 km

      The Fable route through the Maasheggen area is part of the Sagas and Legends routes: exciting cycle and walking tours in Brabant.

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

      Smugglers’ Route De Groote Heide: the smuggler | Border Stories
      ( 3 hour 40 minutes) 44.0 km

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

    • TOP Scenic Route Cycling Groote Heide

      TOP Scenic Route Cycling Groote Heide
      ( 2 hour) 24.0 km

      Cycle this recommended TOP Scenic Route through the Groote Heide heath. Marvel at the unprecedented beauty of nature reserve De Malpie and spot ani...

    • Food experiences from quayside to kitchen

      Food experiences from quayside to kitchen
      ( 4 hour 10 minutes) 50.1 km

      This varying route will take you past green fields, historic villages and the bustling activity of the Meierijstad region and surroundings. It’s a...

    • The Free State of the Land of Ravenstein

      The Free State of the Land of Ravenstein
      ( 2 hour) 27.0 km

      The Land of Ravenstein consists of the current municipalities of Boekel, Maashorst and Oss. Get on your bicycle and become acquainted with this bea...

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

      Smugglers’ Route De Groote Heide: the customs officer | Border Stories
      ( 3 hour 40 minutes) 44.0 km

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

    • 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.

    • Cycle route: Past Grazers and Grass Lands

      Cycle route: Past Grazers and Grass Lands
      ( 3 hour 10 minutes) 38.1 km

      Sample the Maashorst with Inspecteur Löhnis, Early Rivers and the Udense Kers cherry. 125,000 years ago, the River Maas flowed through Brabant’s la...

    • 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.

    • 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 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Walking route 09 : Udenhout - 's-Hertogenbosch | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 09 : Udenhout - 's-Hertogenbosch | The Canadian liberation route
      ( 5 hour 13 minutes) 22.9 km

      Learn more about the dark history of the Canadian liberators.

    • Tour of the monastery in Velp

      Tour of the monastery in Velp
      ( 2 hour 40 minutes) 11.9 km

      This monastery tour shows where the religious Brabant and the embattled Brabant meet.

    • Walking route 05 : Zevenbergen - Lage Zwaluwe | The Canadian liberation route

      Walking route 05 : Zevenbergen - Lage Zwaluwe | The Canadian liberation route
      ( 4 hour 52 minutes) 21.4 km

      Discover the story about the bloody battle by Prinsenbeek.

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