Aldörrum (Aldurrum) - Asdonkseweg - Aarle-Rixtel

Welkom op Aldörrum (Aldurrum) in Aarle-Rixtel provincie Noord-Brabant (plattelandskamers - minicamping - bed and breakfast). Welcome on Aldörrum (Aldurrum) in Aarle-Rixtel The Netherlands (holiday cottage - minicamping - bed and breakfast). Wilkommen auf Aldörrum (Aldurrum) in Aarle-Rixtel Niederlande (Ferienwohnung - Campingplatz - Fremdenzimmer). Bienvenue au Aldörrum (Aldurrum) ŕ Aarle-Rixtel Les Pays-bas (Maison vacances - petit camping - gîte rural).Welkom op Aldörrum (Aldurrum) bijzonder overnachten in Aarle-Rixtel provincie Noord-Brabant (plattelandskamers - minicamping - bed and breakfast).
 

Welcome on Aldörrum (Aldurrum) in Aarle-Rixtel The Netherlands (holiday cottage - minicamping - bed and breakfast).
 

Wilkommen auf Aldörrum (Aldurrum) in Aarle-Rixtel Niederlande (Ferienwohnung - Campingplatz - Fremdenzimmer).
 

Bienvenue au Aldörrum (Aldurrum) ŕ Aarle-Rixtel Les Pays-bas (Maison vacances - petit camping - gîte rural).

 

Culture

 

Bell-village Aarle-Rixtel, which dates back to 1179, is one of the four pretty ancient villages of the rural district of Laarbeek. Our camp site is approximately equidistant (45 minutes) from the towns of Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen and Venlo, and within cycling distance of Helmond and Deurne. The camp site is well placed for sightseeing offering a great variety of historic sights and places. It is also possible to take a (guided) tour on a farm or firm.

Villages

Aarle-Rixtel (2 km)

Worth seeing

bullet Croy Castle a 15th century castle
bullet Royal bell-founders Petit & Fritsen, since 1762 located in Aarle-Rixtel, is the oldest family owned business in the Netherlands.

Hail cross Aarle-Rixtel.
Croy castle Aarle-Rixtel.
 
bulletHail cross, the only one left in Holland, was placed on a crossing point of roads as a defence against hail and protection of the harvest.
Museum
bulletHeemkamer Barthold van Hessel (archaeology finds, attributes of guilds and commodities of the church)
Visit a farm
bullet Skybox on pig farm (varkens in zicht) Agro-Zicht (learn about the welfare and health of pigs and sows, skybox open daily throughout the year, opening times 10.00am - 6.00pm, free admission)
Piggy wood in Aarle-Rixtel.
Attraction
bullet Piggy wood (biggetjesbos)
(a walking route along twelve special pig's, free admission)
Back to top

Bakel (4 km)

Worth seeing
bullet 'Standerd' mill of Bakel Saint Willibrordus, this rare type dates from1752 (open on Thursday evening and Saturday, free admission)
Museum
bulletDe Tolbrug (a remarkable collection of machinery and implements all connected to the countryside of Brabant between 1800 - 1950)

Lieshout (6 km)

Worth seeing
bulletMills “De Leest 1900” and “Vogelenzang 1819”
Visit a firm
bulletBavaria brewery (for guided tours please contact in advance)
bullet'Pottery Hoeve de Schoot'

Mariahout (9 km)

Worth seeing
bulletThe Lourdes cave, a replica of the original Lourdes cave
Attraction
bullet Open-air theatre, during the summer season

Gemert (9 km)

Worth seeing
bulletGemert castle (guided tours on Saturday by the VVV)
bullet'Esdonks kapelleke', a hamlet near the chapel of Esdonk what never grew to a parish
Gemert castle.
Museum
bulletMuseum of the Agricultural Cooperation (representation of living and working in a rural village in 1900) as from March 28th every Sunday a different theme

Nuenen (12 km)

Museum
bullet Van Gogh Village (in Vincentre you can see how Vincent van Gogh lived and painted in Nuenen)
Visit a farm
bullet Sheep husbandry Rob Adriaans (as from the end of December up to April 1st every Saturday at 15.30 o'clock an excursion in the barn, following on children can feed lambs who had to be bottle-fed since birth)
Attraction
bullet Animal Kingdom (a zoo where you meet the funniest and ugliest animals of our continent)
Back to top

Towns

Helmond (6 km)

Worth seeing
bulletTown hall medieval castle (1350), at the same time city museum
bullet

Cube-shaped houses on concrete pillars

Town hall castle Helmond and museum.

Cube-shaped houses on concrete pillars in Helmond.
Museum
bulletGaviolizaal (museum of barrel organs, Dutch dance and street organs)
Visit a farm
bullet Eel breeding Rijpelaal
Attraction
bullet

Carat paviljoen and Castle park (in summer open air music sessions, free admission)

bullet

Pathe Cinema

bulletIndoor swimming pool 'De Wissen' with a wave machine and a shallower children's pool

Deurne (10 km)

Worth seeing
bullet

Big Castle, ruins founded in 1460

bullet

Little Castle, the formal residency of the Lords of Deurne

bulletHolten's Mill, every Sunday afternoon and Monday evening demonstration of grinding grain and strike oil
Museum
bulletMuseum de Wieger (a collection of paintings and drawings in the period 1910 - 1950)
Visit a firm
bulletDeurne Paardenwereld (take a look in the stables, the riding halls and factory of the Dutch Equestrian Centre) 

Eindhoven (21 km)

Museum
bullet Philips Incandescent Lamps Factory in the year 1891 (you can see the development of the manufacture of light bulbs)
bulletDAF museum (the history of the car and truck manufacturer)
bullet Prehistorically open-air museum Eindhoven (become acquainted with the living of our ancestors before Christ or in the Middle Ages)
bulletVan Abbemuseum (modern and contemporary art museum)
Prehistorically open-air museum - Eindhoven.
Attraction
bulletSwimming paradise 'De Tongelreep'
 

Swimming paradise De Tongelreep - Eindhoven.

 
bulletPhilips Stadium is the PSV home base.

Best (21 km)

 
Museum
bulletMuseum Wings of Liberation (central issue is the liberation of the South of the Netherlands during World War II with special attention to Operation Market Garden)
Back to top

Gerda Hendriks & Carl Driessen

Asdonkseweg 7

NL-5735 SP

Aarle-Rixtel

T: +31-6-233 56 383  /

+31-492-382 380

E: info@aldorrum.nl

KvK nr. 17174650

Copyright © 2010 Aldörrum (Aldurrum) hoevelogementen - minicamping - b&b. Laatst bijgewerkt (last update, zuletzt ergänzt): 28 June 2010.