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On September 17, 1944, 4,500 American paratroopers landed successfully on the heath north of Son. The paratroopers immediately left for the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal to conquer it and advance to Eindhoven. The Germans continuously fired at the American soldiers. The Americans managed to get close to the bridge anyway, but then the bridge was blown up by the Germans. The Germans then withdrew. On the night of 18 to 19 September, the British built a Bailey Bridge with all their might. In the early morning the bridge was ready and tanks and other heavy equipment could cross the water. The Germans eventually had to withdraw.

Despite its name, this button tower strangely enough does not have a button. He has lost it since the infamous storm of November 9, 1800.

This castle was already there in the fourteenth century, but it has been renovated a few times over the centuries. The current castle is a high white-plastered house under a hipped roof.

The Genenberg is a flour mill that was built in 1841. The mill was milled until 1964 and then it was converted into a house. The mill is still capable of turning.

The Kleine Ruwenburg was originally a small castle that was built around the year 1435 south of the Grote Ruwenberg. The castle was a fief of the manor Herlaar.

De Grote Ruwenberg is an estate including a castle on a former meander of the Dommel. In the past the castle was inhabited by nobles and then it became a boarding school run by brothers.

The current building consists of a mansion with an elongated side wing against which a farm was built in the eighteenth century. The house (1649) is built of brick and has a slate hipped roof with a hexagonal ridge on the western

\\\ 'The primordial leap gave the stone its origin'. This is just one of the many sayings and poems that are carved on the poem stones and poetry benches around the Dommel. Look for these places to stop and experience the environment through poetry.

St. John's Cathedral, often regarded as the pinnacle of Brabantine Gothic. St. John's Cathedral has a rich history and reflects the adventures of 's-Hertogenbosch.