New Hiking Route in Van Gogh National Park
The newest Van Gogh walking trail has opened in the Van Gogh National Park! Hikers will follow in Van Gogh's footsteps with the new hiking trail in Tilburg and discover the area where young Vincent received drawing lessons.
Van Gogh in Tilburg
Van Gogh lived in Tilburg for about 1.5 years, and he received his first drawing lessons here in 1866. When Van Gogh arrived in the city at the age of 13, Tilburg had a population of about 18,500. The Tilburg-Breda railroad line and station were just three years old, and at this time the Wilhelmina Canal had not yet been dug. In the immediate vicinity of Tilburg, as then, lies the stream landscape of the Leij and the Voorste Stroom, with its small fields and pollarded willows, typical of Van Gogh's later work. You will also discover these places during the characteristic Van Van Gogh walking route.
Along the route
The route takes visitors along the Korvelse Waterloop and through a typical 19th century Brabant landscape with streams, fields and fens, among other things. The trail winds through the Schaapsven past the banks of the Galgeven past the De Rendierhoeve, a former neo-Gothic monastery built in 1903 and home to French Trappist nuns more than a hundred years ago. Abbey Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven is also on the route; here monks still brew La Trappe. Finally, from watchtower De Nieuwe Herdgang you can see how nature and city come together in Landscape Park Moerenburg-Koningshoeven.
Practical information
The walking route has been set out over the walking junction system in Brabant and can be recognized by the little shields with the inscription 'Van Gogh National Park' on the well-known junction posts. Look here for the Van Gogh Walking Route Tilburg.
Take off your walking shoes and relive the Tilburg adventure of Vincent Van Gogh in the Van Gogh National Park!
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