Tourist attractions Drimmelen

This museum has more than 200 cars tracing the history of the automobile from its very beginnings. It also has carriages and sleighs from the 18C, trophies, posters and automobile accessories. There are in particular the Dutch Spijker cars (1899-1925..

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..

The Biesbosch has four sections, three crisscrossed with roads and the fourth surrounded by water (Zuidwaard). The boat trip is a good way of viewing the region, providing some wonderful spectacles.

The present Protestant church (1460-1502) was built in the Brabant Gothic style. The massive, square tower , unfinished, is crowned by four clock faces. The carillon includes 49 bells. The interior is vast and imposing. The Renaissance (16 C) sta..

Banker Simon van Gijn (1836-1922), a great lover of art, bequeathed this beautiful house (1729) with all its contents to the city. An elegant 18 and 19 C decor, rich furniture, Flemish tapestries (reception room), paintings, silverware, glassware, ch..

One of the big attractions in this park is the fairy tale wood ( sprookjesbos ). Here, animals sing, giant mushrooms broadcast harpsichord music and the dwarfs cry around Snow White's coffin. Further on, in front of an eastern palace, a fakir glides ..

The remaining fortifications named "the Spanish hole" is made up of two large towers topped with small onion-shaped domes which framed a waterport which used to be used to drain water around the castle.

This old fortified castle, remodelled in 1536 to the designs of Vincidor of Boulogne's, this castle was a favourite retreat of William the taciturn. It was given its current look between 1686 and 1695 under the stathouder William III of Orange to the..

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.

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.

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..

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).

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 museum has beautiful collections of paintings, particularly 17C canvasses, as well as works by Dordrecht painters, Dutch Romantic painters and paintings from the schools of The Hague and Amsterdam. Among the 18 and 19C paintings, both Biblical s..

The so-called 'Fish Street' leads straight to the very modern Dordrecht business district. No. 7 is a delightful Renaissance building: De Crimpert Salm (1608), surmounted by a lion. Among its finely carved façade stones is one representing a salmon (..

In the middle of the market square, Scheffersplein, you will find a statue of Ary Scheffer, the 19C painter who was born in this town.

This commercial street is the main artery of the city. There you'll find beautiful facades, such the pretty decor at no. 178. At no. 188, don't miss the Muntpoort (1555). At the beginning of the pedestrian area, on the left, close to the Augustijne..

The Groenmarkt is the former vegetable market. On the right, note the De Sleutel house, whose facade is decorated with a key (or sleutel) and tympana with multiple arches. This facade, which dates back to 1550, is one of the oldest in the city. Tak..

This is another street which, like Wijnhaven, evokes the wine trade. Irregularly paved, the street is lined with picturesque, skew-whiff houses. Some of these Renaissance buildings have stepped gables (nos. 73-75, with an emblem representing a hen; n..