North Brabant - 77 Attractions You Must Visit

De Moerputten is a nature reserve in the Dutch province of North Brabant , located near 's-Hertogenbosch . The 118 hectare site belongs to the Natura 2000 areas and is managed by Staatsbosbeheer . It is one of the few remaining peat bogs south of the major rivers. The nature reserve is enclosed by the polders Gement , Honderd Morgen and Rijskampen, the Bossche districts of Kruiskamp and Deuteren , and Vlijmen .

Montana Snowcenter is an indoor ski hall located in Westerhoven. In Montana Snowcenter you can ski on real snow all year round. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area and by its uniqueness, Tourists have been attracted to here.

The West Brabant Water Line is a defence-line consisting of a series of fortresses and cities with inundation areas in the south-west of the Netherlands. It dates from the 17th century but fell into disrepair in the 19th century.The bridge lies like a trench in the fortress and the moat, shaped to blend in with the outlines of the landscape. The bridge can’t be seen from a distance because the ground and the water come all the way up to its edge.

This is a former doctor's and artist's residence in the North Brabant village of Deurne , and has been in use as a municipal museum since the 1970s. The collection mainly consists of art painted by Wiegersma himself. In addition, works by other artists from the period 1900 to 1940 are displayed, including Charley Toorop and Isaac Israel.

Museum Jan Cunen is an art museum located in the monumental 'Villa Constance. The museum holds exhibitions of nineteenth-century, (early) twentieth-century and contemporary art and about the 'Story of Oss', with education as the spearhead. The building has been designated as a national monument since 2001.

Museum Klok & Peel is a museum in Asten , a place in the east of the Dutch province of North Brabant . It focuses on two themes: the first is bells and carillons . It has the largest collection of these in the world. The second is the natural and cultural history of the Peel , the region on the border of North Brabant and Limburg where Asten is located. Outside the museum, both collections come together in the herb garden and sound garden, as it were.

Museum Slager is an art museum in the North Brabant capital 's-Hertogenbosch , dedicated to eight painters from three generations of one family, the Slager family. Behind the stately facades of Museum Slager, visitors will find a collection of paintings, drawings, etchings, watercolors and objects from this family of painters. The museum is located at Choorstraat 8.

The Museum of Modern Religious Art was founded in Ostend and existed there from 1974 to 1994. After its closure, the religious art collection moved to Brussels and was housed in the dome of the national basilica of Koekelberg . Today it is one of two museums in the basilica; the other is the Museum of the Black Sisters. The collection consists of works that were owned by the diocese of Bruges , the deanery of Ostend and the priest Ghekiere himself.

National Monument Kamp Vught is a memorial site with a museum in the place Vught in the Dutch province of North Brabant , about the concentration camp Kamp Vught that was located there during the Second World War. The memorial site was founded in 1990, an exhibition building was added in 2002. The memorial is located on the northeast tip of the former camp site.

National Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen is a nature reserve in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It covers over 3500 hectares and has been a national park since 2002 . On the one hand, the park is largely an alternation of dry sand drifts and coniferous forest , but the extensive stream valley zone of the Zandleij is also part of it. The De Brand near Udenhout nature reserve, in particular, is located here , with its alternation of coppice forests, wet meadows and swamp bushes.

This estate, which also includes the Loonsche Heide and De Mast forest area, borders Tilburg to the northwest and is named after a country house dating from 1864 on the road from De Moer to Loon op Zand. The area is approximately 650 hectares and is owned by Natuurmonumenten. This organization is working on the restoration of nature here, such as the realization of a wet heath, which characterized the area until 1940. It is a good trekking area.

Pannenhoef is a nature reserve of approximately 706 hectares located between Zundert , Etten-Leur and Rijsbergen in the province of North Brabant and is owned by the Brabants Landschap Foundation . In the area, which largely consists of mixed forest , there are eleven fens and some heather remnants with an important natural value . In the area grows, among other things, flounder and spotted orchid . Numerous birds nest here, including green woodpecker and buzzard.

Natuurmuseum Brabant is the nature museum about nature and landscape of North Brabant . It is located on Spoorlaan in the North Brabant city of Tilburg. The museum consists of three floors with permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the end of 2011, the adjacent coach house, which previously housed the Scryption , was also converted into an exhibition space.The museum is very popular with families: for many years.

The Noordbrabants Museum is a museum for the art, culture and history of North Brabant . It is located in the former Gouvernementspaleis in the city ​​center of the North Brabant capital 's-Hertogenbosch , on Verwersstraat . The collection includes both art and a historical collection. In addition to the permanent collection, there are always temporary exhibitions in the garden gallery and in the side wing of the museum.

The Oertijdmuseum, in the town of Boxtel in the Dutch province of North Brabant , is a natural history and geological museum that displays paleontological features , including dinosaur skeletons , and also develops educational activities.

The Oisterwijkse Bossen and Vennen form a nature reserve in the municipality of Oisterwijk of over 750 hectares in the National Landscape Het Groene Woud . More than 400 ha of this is owned by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten. The area was once a vast heathland with many fens, but from 1801 the area was forested. Younger plantings date from about 1840 .

The Oudenbosch Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Dutch village of Oudenbosch. The basilica is named after Agatha of Sicily and Barbara of Nicomedia, two Christian martyrs from the third century. It was built at the initiative of Willem Hellemons who was parish priest between 1842 and 1884. Its nave and interior were modeled after St. Peter's Basilica, while the facade is a replica of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, both located in Rome.

The Overloon War Museum is located in Overloon, Netherlands. The museum is set in 14 hectares of woodland. A feature of the museum is the large number of military vehicles and equipment on display, both German and Allied. For years these have been kept in the open air, but have recently been moved indoors in order to help preserve them. Many of the exhibited vehicles took part in the Battle of Overloon.

The People of Laaf is an attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It is a small village, called “Lavelaer”, inhabited by the so-called “Laafs”. The visitors can walk through the village and enter the houses, among which a bakery, a brewery, a windmill and a nursery and watch the Laafs do their normal daily activities.

The Philips Museum is located in the North Brabant city ​​of Eindhoven and deals with the history of the company Philips . It is located in Philips' first light bulb factory. The entire process in various steps, starting with purified cotton wool and ending with a ready-to-use lamp, can still be followed in detail within the museum in 2020. A space has been opened , which is furnished as a lamp factory from the 1920s