national park
Biesbosch National Park
Freshwater tidal wetland of creeks and willow forest between Dordrecht and Werkendam, with visitor centres and car parks.
12 km · about 25 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Oosterhout
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Oosterhout
Oosterhout is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Teteringen, 12km from Biesbosch National Park.
Oosterhout is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 53,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Teteringen, about 5 km away.
Oosterhout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːstərɦʌut] ; from ooster, "eastern", and hout, "woods") is a municipality and a city in North Brabant in southern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 56,206 in 2021.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Oosterhout?
Within an hour or so of Oosterhout: Biesbosch National Park (12 km), Efteling (13 km), Kinderdijk Windmills (31 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Oosterhout?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Houtribdijk and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Oosterhout?
Oosterhout is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 5 km from Teteringen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 53,107
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.6450, 4.8597
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Worth the detour from Oosterhout
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Kinderdijk Windmills
UNESCO World Heritage site featuring 19 iconic 18th-century windmills in a quintessential Dutch polder landscape.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
31 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
bridge
Erasmusbrug
Rotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Cube Houses Rotterdam
Piet Blom's tilted yellow cube houses are the quirky landmark of Rotterdam's bold post-war architecture scene.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
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.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Oosterhout
- 39 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
- 67 kmZeeland BridgeElegant 5 km bridge over the Oosterschelde estuary, the longest in the Netherlands when opened in 1965. Its endless procession of arches makes one of the country's most photogenic drives.
- 70 kmBrouwersdamDelta Works dam carrying the N57 between two Zeeland islands, with the North Sea on one side, the Grevelingen lagoon on the other, and kitesurfers filling the sky.
- 80 kmWestern Scheldt TunnelAt 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
- 80 kmWesterscheldetunnelTolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
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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