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DAF Museum
Eindhoven museum charting Dutch truck maker DAF, from quirky Variomatic-transmission city cars to giant race trucks, displayed near the original 1928 workshop.
6 km · about 10 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Nuenen
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Nuenen
Nuenen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Muschberg en Geestenberg, 58km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Nuenen is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Muschberg en Geestenberg, about 4 km away.
Nuenen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnynə(n)]) is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands. From 1883 to 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Nuenen. In 1944, a battle was fought there during Operation Market Garden. The local dialect is called Peellands. In 2009, Nuenen had aRead more
population of 22,437.
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What is there to see near Nuenen?
Within an hour or so of Nuenen: DAF Museum (6 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (30 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (30 km), Toverland (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Nuenen?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Houtribdijk and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Nuenen?
Nuenen is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Muschberg en Geestenberg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 23,223
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.4700, 5.5528
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Nuenen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Thorn
The 'white village' of Limburg: an entire former abbey-principality of whitewashed brick lanes and cobbles beside the Maas, painted white in the Napoleonic era to dodge a window tax and kept that way ever since.
40 km · about 45 min drive
racetrack
Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
57 km · about 65 min drive
national park
Hoge Kempen National Park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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