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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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...

    • TOP Scenic Route Cycling Strabrechtse Heide

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

      Cycle this recommended TOP Scenic Route through Strabrechtse Heide heath. During your bike ride you will discover how varied the area is.

    • Liberation route Bergeijk

      Liberation route Bergeijk
      (3 hour 55 minutes) 47.0 km

      This route goes through the area where the English scouts first arrived on Dutch territory. In the run-up to Operation Market Garden, this group of...

    • 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.

    • Liberation route Vught

      Liberation route Vught
      (2 hour 30 minutes) 30.0 km

      The route in and around Vught serves to remind us of many life-changing events during the Second World War. One of the blackest pages in local hist...

    • 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 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.

    • 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 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.

    • 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 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.

    • 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 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.

    • Our Monastery Trail Stage 5 Velp - Sint Agatha

      Our Monastery Trail Stage 5 Velp - Sint Agatha
      (5 hour 45 minutes) 26.0 km

      This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Velp and Sint Agatha. It runs from Emmaus Friary in Velp to the Monastery of Saint A...

    • Walking stage 6 : Pelt - Peer | The Dommelpad Nature Route

      Walking stage 6 : Pelt - Peer | The Dommelpad Nature Route
      (5 hour) 22.5 km

      Walk from Pelt to Peer on this countryside stage of the Dommelpad.

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