North Brabant - 77 Attractions You Must Visit

The Edah-Museum was founded by former director Thieu de Wit and runs entirely on volunteers. After the supermarkets closed, volunteers collected old items and inventories from Edah and housed them in a museum. The museum also contains references to other grocery formulas and supermarket chains such as Konmar, Basismarkt, Torro and VéGé. After the closure of Edah, the Edah Museum remained located right next to the former headquarters until October 2018.

Efteling is an amusement park and recreation complex in Kaatsheuvel , a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant . In addition to the amusement park, the entire World of Efteling includes a theater, two hotels, two holiday parks. It is one of the most visited theme parks in Europe and in 2017 it was the most visited theme park in Europe after the French Disneyland Paris and the German Europa-Park. In that year, 5.18 million people visited the park.

The Eindhoven Museum is an archaeological open-air museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, focusing on the Iron Age and Middle Ages in the province of North Brabant. It focuses on the daily lives and routines of people in the time periods mentioned, through demonstrations and recreations of buildings, practices and routines.

Fata Morgana is a dark ride in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. The attraction was designed by Ton van de Ven and Jan Verhoeven and opened in 1986. The ride is populated by 140 animatronics. Fata Morgana is set inside a large building with turquoise and gold domes on the roof. A large tower serves as the entrance to the ride. There is a large square outside the ride with palm trees, fountains and flames.

Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in 1628 during the Eighty Years War where it defended against Spanish attackers. It is located near Halsteren.The fort is open from the ‘back’, and the ‘front’ consists of two bastions. Until the renovation in 2010 the fort's moat was dry and the surrounding area and banks were overgrown with trees.

Halve Maen is a Pirate Ship ride at Efteling theme park in the Netherlands.The Pirate Ship is not actually themed as a “Pirate Ship”, but a copy of the VOC - merchant Halve Maen of the Dutch East India Co. VOC, the first limited company. The theming for the surroundings of the ride consists of a harbour in the Anton Pieck style.

A 1000 years old majestic castle and is located in the middle of the Heeswijk Estate near Den Bosch.The original castle consisted of a motte erected in 1080. During the subsequent centuries this motte was reduced and in its place a castle was built.

The Markiezenhof is a late Gothic city ​​palace in the city of Bergen op Zoom , in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It was the residence of the lords and later the marquises of Bergen op Zoom. Exhibitions and events take place in the building. It houses a museum, where you can get acquainted with the way of life of the marquis . There are four period rooms , including the Henriëtte room and the Theodoor room with portraits of former marquises.

The Jheronimus Bosch Art Center is dedicated entirely to the life and works of Hieronymus Bosch, who is also called Jeroen Bosch. The famous painter lived in Den Bosch from 1450 to 1516. A selection of contemporary works of art, inspired by, or associated with Bosch, is also part of the permanent exhibition. Some of the fantastic creatures and objects found in Bosch's paintings have been turned into sculptures and these may be found positioned around the exhibition space.

Joris en de Draak is a wooden racing roller coaster in the Dutch theme park Efteling , built around the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The attraction is 25 meters high and the two lanes are each 810 meters long, with a combined capacity of 1,700 people per hour. The maximum speed is 75 km/h.

De Kampina is a nature reserve with forest, heath and stream valleys in the province of North Brabant , located between Boxtel and Oisterwijk . Since 1929 , the area has been largely owned by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten and is more than 1200 hectares in size.

Bouvigne Castle in the Dutch province of North Brabant is located just outside the Ginneken district and near the Mastbos south of Breda . Behind it is the Markdal. It has been owned by the Brabantse Delta Water Board since 1972 . After restoration between 1975 and 1977, it was reopened by Prince Claus on 13 September 1977 .

Helmond Castle is a square medieval moated castle in the center of the city of Helmond , in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The current castle was designed as a square moated castle with a round tower at each corner and no central residential tower or keep. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area.

A majestic old castle located in the heart of Netherlands. The Lords of Breda, descendants of the royal house of Oranje-Nassau, lived in this castle, held court, partied and exercised their power. In the sixteenth century, Count Henry III of Nassau had the castle rigorously converted into a Renaissance palace. With the arrival of the Royal Military Academy in 1826, the castle was again considerably austere and stripped of many of its Renaissance ornaments.

Landgoed De Utrecht is an approximately 2500 hectare estate in the North Brabant part of the Kempen , south of the village Esbeek in the municipalities of Hilvarenbeek and Reusel-De Mierden . In addition to extensive production forests and agricultural land , it contains a lot of nature, a geological monument , a river and fens . The estate has more than 130 species of breeding birds . The De Bockenreyder inn is located on the estate.

Landgoed Duynenwater is a recreational lake in the municipality of Eersel in the Dutch province of North Brabant . The area consists of bright white sandy beaches from the forest edge to the waterfront and there are several green sunbathing areas. An entrance fee is required to enter the beach. The site also had a nudist beach until 2010 .

The Grote Kerk or Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk is the most important monument and a landmark of Breda. The church is built in the Brabantine Gothic style. The tower of the church is 97 meters tall. The plan is in the shape of a Latin Cross. It is the only religious building built in the style of the Brabant Gothic style characteristic for this region, which has survived to our times. There are many valuable works of art inside.

Leenderheide is a nature reserve of 333 hectares, located on the territory of the Dutch municipalities of Heeze-Leende and Geldrop-Mierlo . It is owned by Het Brabants Landschap. It consists of a vast, dry heathland in the axil of the A2 and A67 motorways . There is also a high - voltage power line in the vicinity . The heath is interspersed here and there with small-scale pine plantations and some fly pine forest.

The Maasheggen are a landscape and a chain of nature reserves on the Meuse between the Noord-Brabant town of Vierlingsbeek and Batenburg in Gelderland. There is no area in Europe where nature, landscape, economy and culture are so visibly intertwined with such an impressive history. As a result, the Maasheggen has been granted the status of UNESCO Man & Biosphere. The only one in the Netherlands with this unique title.

The Malpie is a nature reserve in the municipality of Valkenswaard .It is best known for its extensive heathland with many large and small fens. There is a walking and cycling area. A cycle path runs from the Venbergse Watermolen to Borkel en Schaft . From this path you have a view of the varied landscape with the fens and the black-headed gull colony. There are also marked hiking trails through the area.