Tourist attractions Waalwijk

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. ..

Built between 1380 and 1530 in the Gothic Brabant style, the cathedral was restored from the 19C onwards. (up until 1985). Its sheer size and its bright and richly decorated appearance make this one of the Netherlands' most beautiful religious buildi..

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 ..

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 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 museum is set up in the former town governor's palace (1769). This museum testifies to medieval life, the guilds, the 80-years war, religions, popular traditions and archaeology of northern Brabant with its display of paintings, sculptures, deco..

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..

This museum brings together a large collection of shoes from the four corners of the world: Japan, India, North America, Africa. It also contains the reconstruction of a shoe factory (around 1930) and a tannery from 1870. Other showcases give an insi..

In this country inhabited by giants, knights and gentle maidens, the child is king. There the language of another time is spoken, the money from another time is used, and a number of small theaters put on scenes from the history of another time. A to..

Located close to the docks, the fish market is surrounded by 17C houses. A covered market (or Visbank) dating from 1796 still stands here.

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 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 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.

Situated in front of the town hall, De Lind is a charming square planted with limetrees which form a traditional "marriage walk".

The slate roofs of this red brick fortress flanked by four square towers rise in solitary state out of the greenery. The castle (1357-1368) was surrounded by a perimeter wall from 1385 and in the 15C, it was made into a prison. Grotius was incarcerat..

Near the 15C Gevangenpoort (prison-gate), you will see this old town hall, now a restaurant. It has a graceful Renaissance façade with a stepped gable, a flight of steps in front and is topped by two heraldic lions. In the same street, at no.37 you..

Built in the 15C, this building was given a classical facade in 1670. The bells were worked on by the Hémony brothers. On the ground floor, the Marriage Hall (Trouwkamer) is carpeted with beautiful draperies in Cordoba leather. The vaulted 16C cell..

The Hinthamerstraat , one of the main shopping streets, runs into this lively square situated in the centre of town. The statue (1929) of Hieronymus Bosch stands in front of the town hall.

This building is home to the tourist office (VVV) and boasts a brick facade with steeped gables dating from the 13th century.