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A panopticon-style prison, whose name refers to the cupola topping the round building with prison cells stacked in rounds on the outside walls around a large covered courtyard. It is this prison that held the "Breda four" – the only German prisoners of war who served their sentences after the Second World War in the Netherlands for war crimes committed. The prison building now houses Ukrainian refugees, and is not open for sightseeing.
The Koepelgevangenis is a former prison in Breda, Netherlands, constructed in 1886, best known as the prison where convicted World War II collaborators and Nazi war criminals were housed.
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Eropuitje Breda is a recreational activity provider in the city centre. The organisation offers, among other things, E-Chopper and E-Step rentals and tours, city games such as Levend Cluedo and Undercover, and group activities such as Team Games, Archery Tag, Bubble Football, and De Alleskunner, with activities taking place in the city and in the nearby Valkenberg city park.
City and art/design museum. It has a permanent exhibition about the Nassaus and temporary exhibitions by local artists.
A large and pleasant park where you can have a picnic.
Much of the historic peace and tranquillity remains in this former Béguinage. Although no beguines remain, the small houses around the charming courtyard are still inhabited by single ladies. There's a herb garden and a small museum at nr. 29.
St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral
Nestled in a side street incidentally named after Saint John, the cathedral church of the long-standing diocese of Breda is much less imposing than the Grote Kerk, but quite unique in that it is a 19th-century creation built in neoclassical style, both inside and out, which is a relative rarity as far as cathedrals go, especially in the Netherlands.
Oude Stadhuis
Compared to the large church, the city hall standing at its back in a wall of buildings lining up the elongated Grote Markt is unassuming at best. Apart from being a neat example of Dutch 18th-century architecture, quite ascetic compared to the raging rococo found in many other countries at that time. The building is now a historic monument and home to several works of art as well as tourist information, but the actual municipal facilities have been moved to a modern building on Claudius Prinsenlaan.