Locations

From the 16th century, Boxtelsche Watermolen was used as a saw, bark, fulling and grain mill.

Get to know smuggling in the border region at the museum. The region, situated on the border of the Netherlands and Belgium and bordering on Limburg, is known for its many smuggling practices in former times.

At Montana Snowcenter, you can ski on real snow all year round. Thanks to its location, south of Eindhoven, Montana Snowcenter is even easily accessible from Belgium. The slopes consist of a small and a large slope.

Jack talks passionately about their fully organic market garden, orchard, ornamental garden and animals. The tour lasts approximately 45 to 60 minutes.

A mini-camping characterised by simplicity, comfort and convenience, located a stone's throw from the Belgian border. A place to enjoy peace, space and fresh air.

The Buulderbroek stream valley and adjacent Cranendonck wetland forest are two beautiful nature areas that are great to explore from the De Baronie nature gateway! Buulderbroek

Smugglers often used streams to smuggle goods across the border.

Get in and drift with the current. Simply enjoy the peace and quiet of nature. Take a kick scooter, quadricycle train or streetstepper back to the starting point.

A café where the patrons are laid-back and the outdoor seating is spacious. The offering is superb, including a beer menu with 120 speciality beers.

At ice cream parlour Pierre, they do not compromise on raw materials. For instance, the pistachios come from Sicily and the hazelnuts from Piedmont. The cocoa comes from Belgium and the milk, cream and yoghurt, of course, from the Netherlands.

In the 19th century, the Schimmelse or Woenselse Watermolen was the largest watermill in the area. Corn was ground, oil was pressed, and wool processed in this mill.

Looking for some good advice on activities in and around the municipality of Cranendonck? Then just visit the towns VVV Tourist Information Office. They have the best hiking and cycling maps of the area and also sell local products and fun gifts.

Boundaries blur in Hageven-De Plateaux, a Dutch-Belgian nature reserve. A walk here leads through woods and heathland and past fens and ingenious water meadows, a water system from the early nineteenth century.

In the centre of Heeze, you will find the special establishment "Eventjes Eten". All day long, you can choose from unusual sandwiches, poké bowls, homemade salads or wok dishes with potatoes, pasta, noodles or rice.

This 14th century mill belonged to the city of Peer and was hired as a soke mill.

The Stratumse Heide is an area between Eindhoven and Geldrop. It is a very bumpy kind of heathland as a lot of driftsand has deposited here over the years.

This mill was restored in 1900 and is still in operation.

In 1960, a new customs office for both Belgium and the Netherlands was built at the Dutch border.

Good times are guaranteed at this restaurant and outdoor café, whether for lunch, drinks with hapas & tapas, dinner, high tea, high wine or high beer.

Budel-Dorplein is one of the smaller centres of the municipality of Cranendonck. It is a unique historic village that bears the title of “protected rural area” since 2011. It is well worth a visit! 

As of 7 July 2023, Eindhoven officially has another nature reserve: the Klotputten.

After the abolition of the medieval ban law by Napoleon, a few enterprising Teuten van Hamont built a windmill a few hundred metres outside the town walls of Hamont. AN XII of 1804 is written on the windmill in large white letters.

The De Plaetse sheepfold is located next to the Strabrechtse Heide. A flock of over 350 Kempen heath sheep regularly resides here to graze Brabants heathlands.