Noord-Brabant

Netherlands

Noord-Brabant

Region

Noord-Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands, is home to Efteling theme park and is largely Catholic – Carnival is celebrated here every year. Its capital is ’s-Hertogenbosch, largest city Eindhoven; Tilburg and Breda also feature.

Noord-Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands, is home to Efteling theme park and is largely Catholic – Carnival is celebrated here every year. Its capital is ’s-Hertogenbosch, largest city Eindhoven; Tilburg and Breda also feature.Worth seeing are the old towns of ’s-Hertogenbosch and Breda. De Biesbosch National Park is one of Europe's last great wetlands.

's-Hertogenbosch

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's-Hertogenbosch

’s-Hertogenbosch, briefly Den Bosch, is the capital of the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, about 80 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam.

's-Hertogenbosch, commonly called Den Bosch, has been Noord-Brabant's capital since 1815. It has approx. 160,000 inhabitants (as of Jan 1, 2024).

Efteling

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Efteling

Efteling in Kaatsheuvel is the largest theme park in the Netherlands, located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the country, near Tilburg.

Efteling is located in Kaatsheuvel, within the municipality of Loon op Zand, near Tilburg in the province of Noord-Brabant. What began as a sports and hiking park established in 1935 evolved into a theme park: The official founding date is considered to be the opening of the Fairytale Forest on May 31, 1952.

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Efteling

Efteling

Efteling in Kaatsheuvel is the largest theme park in the Netherlands, located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the country, near Tilburg. You come for the 1952 Fairytale Forest, designed by artist Anton Pieck, and for roller coasters and themed rides in the 72-hectare park.

's-Hertogenbosch

's-Hertogenbosch

’s-Hertogenbosch, briefly Den Bosch, is the capital of the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, about 80 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam. You’ll come for the Gothic Sint-Janskathedraal, for a boat trip on the partly underground Binnendieze and for the traces of the painter Hieronymus Bosch, who lived here.

Kinderdijk

Kinderdijk

In Kinderdijk, about 15 kilometres east of Rotterdam, 19 18th-century windmills stand along the canals – an ensemble that has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997. They were built around 1740 to drain the Alblasserwaard polder.Today, two diesel pumping stations handle most of the work, but some windmills are still operational. The name means “Children's Dike” and refers to a legend from the St. Elizabeth's Flood of 1421: A cradle with a sleeping child is said to have been washed ashore here, kept balanced by a cat.

Province Utrecht

Province Utrecht

The Province of Utrecht is located in the center of the Netherlands and is the country's smallest. Its center is the eponymous university city of Utrecht, and the province's second-largest city is Amersfoort.The west consists of polderland. In the northeast, the Utrechtse Heuvelrug stretches through the province, a wooded sandy area with hills up to nearly 70 meters high.

Utrecht

Utrecht

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city in the Netherlands, centrally located in the country – a university city with canals, whose landmark is the 112.5-meter-high Dom Tower, the tallest church tower in the Netherlands. Since a tornado destroyed the nave of the Dom Cathedral in 1674, the tower has stood freely next to the rest of the church.The city has around 376,000 inhabitants and is the capital of its namesake province. Its university, founded in 1636, is the largest in the country. Utrecht boasts a UNESCO World Heritage site of modern architecture in the 1924 Rietveld-Schröder House, and Utrecht Centraal main station is a vital hub in the Dutch railway network.