What You Will Do
Are you curious about the environment where Vincent van Gogh spent a quarter of his life as an artist? You independently follow his tracks from Eindhoven to Van Gogh Village Museum in Nuenen. You follow the route that Vincent walked from the station in Eindhoven to his parents in Nuenen. You will see the Catharina church, the Tongelre district, the Collse watermill, the Van Gogh-Roosegaarde cycle path, the Opwettense watermill and the Roosdonck corn mill. Many of these locations have been captured by Vincent van Gogh in a sketch or painting. You visit visible and now invisible locations in Eindhoven where his painter friends also lived.
Distance
Total: 29 kilometers
Eindhoven-Nuenen/Van Gogh Village Museum: 16 km
Van Gogh Village Museum-Eindhoven: 13 km
Described in Dutch and automatically translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Japanese.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
NRE site at Gasfabriek 3 in Eindhoven. Only if you have rented a bicycle do you go to the Velorent desk. If you haven't rented a bike, this is the virtual starting point.
1
St. Catharinakerk
See the church which Van Gogh painted and sketched several times
2
Centraal Station Eindhoven
From the old location of Anton Kerssemakers' house you can see how Van Gogh painted 'the old station' and 'a Sunday in Eindhoven'
3
Keizersgracht 15
This is the house of Antoon Hermans, Van Gogh's friend. From the backyard he painted the Catherine Church
4
Watermill at Kollen
See this beautiful watermill with your own eyes from exactly the same position as Van Gogh painted it
5
Van Gogh-Roosegaarde Cycle Path
This cycle path is inspired by the painting The Starry Night. Visitors will be surprised at dusk by a design of light and color, inspired by the world-famous work De Sterrennacht By Vincent van Gogh. A magical experience. The path is illuminated by thousands of twinkling stones. This creates a play of light and poetry.
6
De Watermolen van Opwetten
Vincent van Gogh regularly passed this largest water wheel in the Netherlands, which made the watermill a favorite drawing and painting object of this painter. Nowadays you not only enjoy the beautiful location here, but also a delicious Burgundian, attractive and hospitable restaurant.
7
Windkorenmolen De Roosdonck
The mill is featured in several works by Vincent. Vincent probably drew or painted this windmill at least 7 times
8
Van Gogh Village Museum (Vincentre)
1 hour
Visit this beautiful museum and get to know Vincent and his Eindhoven painter friends
9
Van Gogh Village Nuenen
View various points in Nuenen such as statues, the Begeman factory, avenue with Poplars, former weavers' house and the Broek nature reserve.
10
Van Gogh Village Museum (Vincentre)
Experience how Van Gogh lived in Nuenen thanks to the wonders of audiovisual technology.
Watch the potato eaters come to life during a multimedia presentation.
Read the stories by and about Van Gogh.
Get to know him as a person and see his development into a world-famous painter.
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