Locations

A stones throw from Valkenswaard lies nature reserve De Malpie. The unparalleled beauty of this area led to Valkenswaard being voted “Hiking Municipality of the Year” in 2016.

A visit to familia Hernandez's tapas restaurant is always a good idea!

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.

Start your day well prepared, walk into VVV Valkenswaard first! We will be happy to inform you about all the possibilities Valkenswaard has to offer for active recreation or complete relaxation in beautiful nature.

De Bosuil in Sint-Huibrechts-Lille is mainly known for its beautiful, large and well-kept playground. The playground is always accessible and entrance is free.

They were home to the customs officers of the cyclist brigade and their families.

All that shopping got you hungry? This sandwich shop is located right in the middle of the shopping centre. In addition to delicious freshly made sandwiches they also have burgers and sweet and savoury snacks.

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.

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.

Order as many of their 85 international bite-size dishes as you want for 3 hours for a fixed price.

The Venberg watermill is located south of Valkenswaard on the Dommel river. This mill, which used to have three functions under one roof (oil mill, bark mill and grain mill), is one of the oldest mills in history.

The Vresselse bos (forest) is on an old drifting dune right by the Dommel.

A standerdmolen is a mill that rests on a standard, as it were. When the wind comes from a certain direction, the whole mill is turned to catch the wind, and not just the hood with the blades.

The double undershot mill on the Dommel dates from the 13th century. A double watermill stood here originally: a corn mill on the left bank and an oil mill on the right bank

All-inclusive buffet with dishes from European and Asian cuisine.

A stones throw from Valkenswaard lies nature reserve De Malpie. The unparalleled beauty of this area led to Valkenswaard being voted “Hiking Municipality of the Year” in 2016.

You can find an extensive range of cycling and walking maps, (travel) books, packages such as the Heide Hapje, the Strabrechtse Smikkel, the Winterhapje and many more fun VVV products.

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! 

At LAGO Pelt Dommelslag you can have a great time. Enjoy hours of water fun in the swimming paradise with the whole family, relax in the spa or (learn to) swim in the sports pool!

"A shared meal is oil for the gears of friendship." A fine family restaurant with a large outdoor seating area and playground, located next to the Philips de Jong walking park.

At our indoor play paradise, children can climb and scramble, crawl through tunnels, jump on the trampolines and slide down our slides. Play and romp in the ball pit or race on our go-kart track.

Inside, the pool has a twenty-five-metre competition pool and an instruction pool. In summer, you can go outside in the two leisure pools, which are surrounded by a sunbathing lawn with play equipment.

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.