Cities near
Aldörrum
Aldörrum is approximately equidistant (45 minutes) from the cities of Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen and Venlo, and within cycling distance of Helmond and Deurne. Also just across the border with Belgium and Germany are some historic cities that are worth visiting.
Helmond (6 km) |
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- Town hall medieval castle (1350), at the same time city museum
- Cube-shaped houses on concrete pillars
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- Gaviolizaal (museum of barrel organs, Dutch dance and street organs)
- Edah museum, which not only includes the history of the Edah company but also a 100 year of experience in food distribution.
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- Pathe Cinema
- Indoor swimming pool 'De Wissen' with a wave machine and a shallower children's pool
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- Artimond a cultural spring festival featuring all kinds of artistic disciplines
- Helmond tour events, with a bicycle tour on the first Sunday in May and a walking tour on the secons Sunday in June
- Bavaria Profronde Stiphout takes traditional place two days after the Tour de France with various celebrities at the start
- Carat Concerts, open air music sessions every sunday afternoon from May until September in citypark De Warande, free admission
- Jazz in Catstown
- Castle park concerts, open air music sessions on friday evening in July and August in the Castle Park, free admission
- The Castle of Saint Nicholas
- Dickensnight, an atmospheric market before Christmas in a style of an old English village around 1850 with Brandevoort as scenery
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Deurne (10 km) |
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- Museum de Wieger (a collection of paintings and drawings in the period 1910 - 1950)
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- Deurne Paardenwereld, take a look in the stables, the riding halls and factory of the Dutch Equestrian Centre
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Eindhoven (21 km) |
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- Concours Hippique Eindhoven is an equestrian event during the weekend of Ascension at the Karpendonkse Plas
- The Lightroute is a 25 km long and illuminated by electric light ornaments through the city. Accessible from September 18th until the second Sunday in October
- Marathon of Eindhoven on the first Sunday in October
- Dutch Design Week is a major desing event during the second week of October
- Lichtfestival Glow in November is an international exhibition of light in art and architecture in the city center
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- Museum 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
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Den Bosch (34 km) |
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- Cathedral Basilica Sint Jan Evangelist
- De Uilenburg, an authentic neighboorhood known for its terraces, the statue of ´Sweet Little Gerritje´, the facade poems, the Binnendieze, the narrow pedestrian streets, historic buildings
- Binnendieze, the water that flows through the city (with a boat you can discover the many attractions in the ´Bossche underworld´)
- Den Bosch Culture city, a website with various information about the provincial capital and fortress
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- Noordbrabants museum, with a permanent exhibition of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Breughel, Jan Sluijters and Jeroen Bosch
- Jheronimus Bosch museum, in a former church, the religious works of the artist and resident of Den Bosch is shown
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- Theaterfestival Boulevard in the second week of August with many productions in theater, dance, music and musictheater on varous locations in the city
- in de 2e week van augustus met veel producties op het gebied van theater, dans, muziek en muziektheatar over diverse locaties in de stad
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