Taste the silence in North Brabant

  • The Netherlands
  • North Brabant
  • Etten-Leur
  • 57.59 km (Approximately 03:23 u)
  • Cycling route 556014
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Taste the silence in North Brabant

  • The Netherlands
  • North Brabant
  • Etten-Leur
  • 57.59 km (Approximately 03:23 u)
  • Cycling route 556014

In North Brabant you will still find the peace and quiet of yesteryear. This route takes you through the rural area between Roosendaal and Breda. You pass through many old hamlets, but also through the extensive Rucphense Forests.

Brabant hamlets
The first kilometers you drive through a landscape of fields, meadows and streams. You regularly pass a tree nursery, occasionally you pass a small forest plot. It is nice and quiet cycling here so close to the border with Belgium. The kilometers pass almost automatically. You pass through old hamlets where time sometimes seems to have stood still. You also cycle a bit through the Lange Gooren and Krochten, an elongated nature reserve consisting of coniferous forests and swamps.

Wallsteijn estate
Along quiet roads you arrive at Wallsteijn, an estate where conifers, old oak avenues and agricultural land surrounded by hedgerows alternate. The neoclassical country house was built around 1810. Further on you drive through the extensive Rucphen Forests. Take a deep breath and enjoy the fragrant conifers. Near Rucphen you pass the Heimolen, a flour mill from 1844. The route ends at De Menmoerhoeve: time for a terrace!

Directions

# Description Distance
De Menmoerhoeve (4876 NL, Etten-Leur, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
89
89 (4873NL, Etten-Leur, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 0.43 km
19
19 (4873NL, Etten-Leur, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 1.16 km
87
87 (4891TG, Zundert, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 1.84 km
16
16 (Tiggeltsebergstraat, 4891TD, Zundert, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 3.37 km
17
17 (4891TL, Zundert, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 4.55 km

Pause places

De Menmoerhoeve

66
4876 NL Etten-Leur
http://www.menmoerhoeve.nl

The Menmoerhoeve is located just below Etten-Leur, a village west of Breda. You can still enjoy the authentic Burgundian Brabant life here. Outdoor recreation in a rural environment and tasting specialties from the farm and region: you don't get closer to nature! The Menmoerhoeve is one of the Baroniepoorten, the ideal starting point for walking and cycling tours. On the rural terrace you can enjoy various delicacies, fresh from the farm and from the region. There is a petting zoo, playground and camping site. Groups can enjoy a pleasant day with various activities.

Sights

Bigtelaar


4891PC Zundert

Landgoed Wallsteijn

Roosendaalsebaan 158a-BEDR
4885AS Zundert

The country house was built in neoclassical style, around 1810. In 1910 the country house was renovated and the rooms each got a different style. The country house has a number of outbuildings, such as an orangery and a garden house. The garden of the country house is designed in a landscape style, within the more rectilinear avenue structure.

De Heimolen

De Heimolen
4715TC Rucphen
http://www.allemolens.nl

This mill was built in 1844. Originally this was a wooden octagon, but in 1866 the wooden hull was replaced by a stone variant.

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