cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
17 km · about 20 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Oss
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Oss
Oss is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Heesch, 40km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Oss is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 76,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Heesch, about 4 km away.
Oss (Dutch: [ɔs] ) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant, situated between Nijmegen and 's-Hertogenbosch.
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What is there to see near Oss?
Within an hour or so of Oss: Sint-Janskathedraal (17 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (17 km), Efteling (35 km), DAF Museum (36 km).
Are there any good drives near Oss?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Oss?
Oss is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Heesch.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 76,430
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.7650, 5.5181
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Worth the detour from Oss
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
35 km · about 40 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.
36 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Hoge Veluwe National Park
Cycle free white bikes across heath, dune and forest to the Kröller-Müller museum's Van Goghs in this vast wild park.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Kröller-Müller Museum
Museum deep inside Hoge Veluwe National Park holding the world's second-largest Van Gogh collection plus a 25-hectare sculpture garden with Rodin, Moore and Dubuffet; free white bicycles carry you there through the park.
42 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Rietveld's radical 1924 Utrecht house, the purest built statement of De Stijl with its sliding walls and Mondrian palette: UNESCO-listed and visitable on pre-booked tours.
44 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
45 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Oss
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 73 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
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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