Tourist attractions Baarle-Nassau

The De Pont foundation was created by a Tilburg businessman: Jan de Pont (1915-1987) who wished to promote contemporary art. The museum is in the old Thomas de Beer wool mill and is mainly lit by daylight. You can see works by R. Serra, M. Dumas, T. ..

This leisure area extends over 425ha. It includes a theme park ( Speelland ), a wild animal reserve ( Safaripark ) and a small zoo ( Dierenland ). More than 1000 wild animals are kept in the Safaripark reserve (among them lions, rhinoceros, hyenas, c..

Located in the Mommers & Co tectile factory, this "activity" museum gives an attractive overview of the textile industry in the Netherlands and especially the wool industry in Tilburg. The large steam engine (still working) dates from 1906...

This impressive Gothic Brabant church dates from the 15 and 16C Its high belfry (97 m) is surmounted by an onion-shaped dome with a carillon of 49 bells. Inside there are a number of tombs, the most impressive being a Renaissance tomb, in alabast..

This museum deals with archaeology, history, art and folklore in the Kempen region, which was called Toxandria in Roman times. It houses extensive collections and a reconstructed Kempen kitchen.

This 13C-17C four-sided building was a hunting lodge for the dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages. Mary of Hungary turned it into a sumptuous residence. There is a modern arts centre nearby, built in 1972.

St Peter's church (15C-18C) stands in the centre of the square. It contains an interesting 19C pulpit, choir stalls from 1713 and confessionals from 1740. The neo-Classical town hall was inaugurated in 1961.

Founded in the 14C and rebuilt in the 16C and 17C, this is a charming enclosure whose houses are arranged around a small triangular square overlooked by a Baroque church. A museum devoted to the convent is housed at n° 56.

This former playing card factory displays machines used to make or print cards and an extensive collection of packs of cards from around the world. The oldest date from c 1500.

The town hall is a building with sober lines covered in black granite stuck on in 1971 to the neoGothic palace of King William II. He lived at Tilburg for a long time and died there in 1849.

This is main square of Tilburg from which the busy pedestrainised streets fan out. Like any recently expanded town, Tilburg has modern buildings ( stadsschouwburg , stadhuis ) which stand proudly around this square.

Built in 1961 by the architects Bijvoet and Holt, this building has a glass part alongside large windowless brick surfaces in overlapping planes with concave lines.

The museum dedicated to the fauna and flora in the Noord-Brabant is next to the Scryption. The collections in the latter show various aspects of written communications: typewriters, calculators, desks, writing cases, pens and other office objects as ..

This castle stands in a clearing of the Mastbos , an attractive wood boasting pine and oak trees, crisscrossed with cycle tracks and bridle paths. The name of the castle comes from the word boeverije, meaning "lowland prairie". Built in 16..

Set up in the main building of the old Chassé barracks, this museum gives it a historical and archaeological overview of the interesting history of the Breda barony. The history of the bishopric of Breda is also remembered by a large collection of re..

This former hospice now accommodates the Centrum voor beeldende kunstques, a plastic arts centre, where you can see temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art, including ceramics, architecture design and photography.

This building from the 17C was modified in 1767. The hall accommodates a copy of the Surrender of Breda by Velazquez, whose original is in the Prado (Madrid).

All the pedestrian streets converge upon this vast esplanade, which provides an attractive view over the River Grande. Church Opposite the town hall, at the corner of the Reigerstraat, this is an attractive house with a steeped gable. Also in the squ..

Founded in 1267, the Beguine convent was moved here in 1531 It is comprised of 29 sober houses which border a courtyard containing a garden of medicinal plants and a chapel . The former chapel of the Beguine monks, which is now the Walloon Church (..

At the foot of Grande church, Havermarkt is a charming little square, once home to the haymarket. Today the square is filled by the customers of its many brasseries.