Locations

A beautifully appointed restaurant with ample outdoor seating located on Valkenswaard's main market square. A great place to enjoy an intimate and relaxed lunch, drink or dinner. At night the place transforms into a bustling café.

‘Beemden’ or ‘carrs’ are grasslands along a brook, which are too wet for cattle to graze.

On sunny days, the outdoor seating area is brimming with cyclists, day trippers and other bon vivants who, from behind a frothy glass of Trappist beer, admire the steady flow of passers-by. In the evening too many patrons find their way to the bar.

Smugglers often used streams to smuggle goods across the border.

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.

Owners Herman Cooijmans and Robin Groos excel in delivering bold flavour combinations and exciting preparations at the table. Their mission is to excite guests with distinct flavours and an unmistakable presentations. They have been awarded a much-deserve

Among oaks and pines, "Garden in the Woods" features a mini amphitheatre, namely the "Sandbox Theatre". There is room for about 40 visitors and is suitable for lectures, exhibitions, wedding venue, also for small-scale theatre performances, among other th

A grand café and restaurant with outdoor seating on the village square of Borkel & Schaft, and with a beautiful terrace garden on the banks of the Dommel. Located between the Malpie and Plateaux nature reserves, it is a perfect stop.

Rental of bikes for children and adults, tandems, MTBs, electric bikes and so much more! Contact us by phone to reserve your bikes. Sale of all kinds of fun items, helmets, lighting, Shimano parts.

This area entrance at the edge of nature reserve De Malpie is an excellent starting point for various trips.

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

This is where you can paint your own creation in Delft Blue. Kiek organises basic workshops as well as customised courses. The Atelier sells unique, hand-painted tiles and gifts.

This mill grinds in the traditional way for the small and large baker.

In the centre of this heathland region among several remote fens lies the remains of what used to be a conventicle (a secret or unlawful religious meeting), during the period that lasted from 1648 to 1672.

Motoball is football on motorbikes, making it the fastest team sport in the world. Motoball combines the excitement of a football match with the speed of motorsport. It originated in France in the 1930s.

It's finger-licking good!

A cosy pancake house with a large terrace and an even larger playground. Situated directly on the Malpie nature reserve, where you can go hiking, cycling, horse riding and canoeing.

Unique is Het Bossche Broek, which borders the historic centre of the city, within walking distance of the centre.

Dive into the past and hike along the reconstruction of ‘Den droad’ (the wire). This so-called Death Wire was a 332 kilometre long wire fence constructed by the Germans during the First World War, spanning the border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Along the river Dommel, nature is at its best! Between Neerpelt in Belgium and Valkenswaard in the Netherlands, you can paddle down the Dommel by canoe or kayak. You will then pass no less than two beautiful nature reserves.

Burgers and beer. That is what they do, and what they do best. And what better combo is there? The café has spacious outdoor seating in the Statie entertainment district. They also host regular pub quizzes, tasting nights and live music sessions.

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.

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.