The best way to experience Vincen's life as it was, is to first visit the Van Gogh Village Museum. And after that, go outside. You can visit the many Van Gogh Monuments in the village. If you would like to take a guided walk around the many monuments in order to hear the story of Vincent van Gogh in Nuenen: please contact us.
In our new exposition the audiotour, guiding you through the museum, is availabe in Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Chinese.
Brabant is home to a large number of locations with a discernible and tangible heritage. Places where Vincent van Gogh left his mark. He was inspired by the countryside and the hard working Brabant people. Most of them can be found in Nuenen, where you truly can walk in Vincent's footsteps. Where you can find no fewer than 24 locations, objects and monuments in Nuenen that remind us of Van Gogh.
We have a special page about the six wind and watermills in and around Nuenen.
Windmills and watermills in and around Nuenen
The best way to discover Nuenen and Vincent is with a guide. Stand in the same place that Vincent stood 140 years ago, and see what he saw then…
The guided tours on Saturday and Sunday are highly recommended!
The Out and About with Vincent book is available in our museum shop. This route takes you past the Van Gogh locations in Nuenen which have information panels. It is available in English, Dutch, French and German.
There are many types of walking routes; short or long, through the countryside or beside the River Dommel, through the Nuenens Broek or a Rondje Lieshout. You have plenty to choose from.
Walking tours around Nuenen are offered by Van Gogh National Park and by Routebureau VisitBrabant. If you include the ‘Out and About with Vincent’ book, you will have a wide range of choices. All the walking routes are on sale in the museum shop.
More than 400 km of cycling enjoyment from West to East Brabant.
Fortunately only available in the Nuenen and Eindhoven region.
The Van Gogh Roosegaarde cycle path can be found between Eindhoven and Nuenen
The museum shop is a comprehensive outlet with many lovely souvenirs and gifts.
It is also a tourist information point where you can buy a large variety of walking and cycling maps.
“ I’m also longing for you to get to know this corner of Brabant sometime — much more beautiful than the Breda side in my view. It’s delightful here at the moment. ”
Letter 439, Vincent Van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard, Nuenen maart 1884
