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Province of the Netherlands
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North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant, commonly called Brabant) is a province in the south of The Netherlands. It's bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.
The area around Breda, a historical barony. It was not the only one in the Netherlands, but by far the most important. The main attraction is the historical city of Breda. On the west side of the area lies Roosendaal.
A region that consists mainly of forests, heathland, small-scale cultural landscape and picturesque villages. In this area is also located Eindhoven, the largest city in North Brabant and the fifth in the Netherlands.
Land van Heusden en Altena and the Westhoek, which together are called Hollands Brabant, are areas that originally remained Protestant and have clay soil, as opposed to sandy soil. Before 1795, these areas fell under the administration of the then province of Holland.
Once the centre of the leather and shoe industry, today it is best known for the Efteling.
The area around Oss, sometimes also called Maaskant, used to be part of the Bossche Meierij. The Land of Ravenstein was not part of the Meierij, but did belong to Brabant.
Area around Bergen op Zoom, with polders and flooded land as well as hills and heathland.
One of the quarters of the original Brabant, now a region that forms around 's-Hertogenbosch. The most notable place in this region is Tilburg.
A largely disappeared raised bog area, remnants are present in National Park De Groote Peel. The most notable place in this region is Helmond.
By train
As with all of the Netherlands, North Brabant is very well served by the Dutch national railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The main railway lines in North Brabant are:
By bus
Most communities with over 500 inhabitants are served by public bus companies.
By car
All destinations in the province of North Brabant can easily be reached by car.
Road networks between the cities (40,000 inhabitants or more), except for road N65 Tilburg-'s-Hertogenbosch, are motorways.
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a town with 22 Belgian enclaves, some of which contain 7 Dutch enclaves
an old garrison city having a historical and pleasant city cent
the city where Philips Electronics was founded and Eindhoven still has a good reputation on technology and design
the Geldrop castle built in the 14th century
a city that has been inhabited for an estimated 4,000 years
you can see some of the remnants of the city's defensive
a mediaeval rivermouth fortified city
the last railway stop before Belgium
Small fortified city at the mouth of the Hollandsch Diep.
the province's historic capital was founded as a fortified city, a heritage it retains
the erstwhile centre of wool processing, with a few surviving monuments and many cultural institutions
Asten is in the Peel Region in North Brabant.
Boekel is in the Peel Region in North Brabant.
Boxmeer is in the Peel Region in North Brabant.
Cuijk is a town in the Peel Region in North Brabant.
home a museum of impressionist art
Gemert-Bakel is a municipality in North Brabant.
a fortified city on the southern side of the river Meuse
Eindhoven's largest satellite town with a long tradition of textile industry and a castle
Laarbeek is a community in North Brabant.
Mill en Sint Hubert is a town of around 11,000 people (2021) in North Brabant.
the village where Vincent van Gogh painted The Potato Eaters and hundreds of other paintings and drawings
a village on the outskirts of the Peel, destroyed in 1944 during World War II
Sint Anthonis is in the Peel Region in North Brabant.
officially opened on May 31, 1952, and has grown from a nature park with playground, rowing ponds and a teahouse into a full theme park for all ages including modern roller coasters
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