Gool secrets, air raid shelter

Turn left before the church through the Kerkstraat, the oldest street in Goirle with a few beautiful authentic old villas belonging to the notables of Goirle.
Take the first street on the right and continue until you reach the Leij. Here you can choose to walk through the new Vossereijten nature reserve or continue your route on the tram track.

Along the path are beautiful old acacia trees. Here the steam tram line ran from Tilburg via Goirle to Hilvarenbeek and Esbeek. From 1909 it was possible to travel on to Poppel and Turnhout. Around 1930 the steam tram was already outdated. The tram line from Tilburg to the border was discontinued on September 15, 1935 and public transport was taken over by the buses of the BBA. The tram became a memory, but"the tramway\\\" remains recognizable.

At walking junction 99 we cross the bridge and walk on until we see the air raid shelter on the right. A painted chimney protrudes from a knoll. After the war, the air raid shelter was used as a dressing room for the football club VOAB, which was housed on the site to your right.

If you continue the path on your right, you will pass halfway along the forest where the first swimming pool in Goirle was built by Mr van Puijenbroek. Until 1959, the inhabitants of Goirlen could swim here. Then the new swimming pool on the Fabriekstraat was opened.