Discover 50 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in the Netherlands. Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Amsterdam), NEMO Museum (Amsterdam) or Hermitage Amsterdam (Amsterdam).
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Netherlands.
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Museum of contemporary art and design. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The 19th century building was designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman and the 21st century wing with the current entrance was designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects. It is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, where it is close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw.
The collection comprises modern and contemporary art and design from the early 20th century up to the 21st century. It features artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Karel Appel, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, Lucio Fontana, and Gilbert & George.
In 2015, the museum had an estimated 675,000 visitors.[1]
Address: Museumplein 10, 1071 DJ Amsterdam (Stadsdeel Zuid)
NEMO Museum, Amsterdam
Also known as: NEMO Science Museum
Waterfront, boat-like. NEMO Science Museum is a science centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It attracts around 670,000 visitors annually, which makes it the eighth most visited museum in the Netherlands.[2]
Address: Oosterdok 2, 1011 VX Amsterdam (Stadsdeel Centrum)
Hermitage Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Waterfront art and culture museum. Hermitage Amsterdam is a branch museum of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The museum is located in the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681. The dependency displayed small exhibitions in the adjacent Neerlandia Building from 24 February 2004 until the main museum opened on 19 June 2009.
It is currently the largest satellite of the Hermitage Museum, with a total area of 12,846 m2 (138,270 sq ft) and fits with the museum's plan to make its collections accessible to more people. The exhibition area covers 2,172 m2 (23,380 sq ft) and is contained within two large exhibition halls and smaller exhibition rooms. The remaining space holds lecture halls, offices and staff accommodations and a restaurant.[3]
Address: Amstel 51, 1018 EJ Amsterdam (Stadsdeel Centrum)
Kasteel de Haar, Utrecht
Castle in Utrecht, Netherlands. De Haar Castle is located in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is the biggest castle in The Netherlands.[4]
Address: Kasteellaan 1, 3455 RR Utrecht (Vleuten-De Meern)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at the Museumpark in the district Rotterdam Centrum, close to the Kunsthal and the Natural History Museum.
The museum opened in 1849. It houses the collections of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847) and Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955). The museum has become the house of over 151,000 artworks over 170 years. In the collection, ranging from medieval to contemporary art, are works of Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí and other famous collections that includes the masterpieces of the ‘Achilles series’ by Peter Paul Rubens and ‘A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee’ by Jacob van Ruisdael.
In 2013, the museum had 292,711 visitors and was the 14th most visited museum in the Netherlands.
The museum has been closed since 2019 due to improvement works and is scheduled to reopen in 2026.[5]
Address: Museumpark 18, 3015 CX Rotterdam (Stadscentrum)
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Also known as: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Museum in the Hague, Netherlands. The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the 'Museum voor Moderne Kunst'. Later, until 1998, it was known as 'Haags Gemeentemuseum', and until the end of September 2019 as 'Gemeentemuseum Den Haag'. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world. His last work, Victory Boogie-Woogie, is on display here.
The museum building was constructed between 1931–1935, designed by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage.
The KM21 (museum for contemporary art) and Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague museum for photography) are part of the Kunstmuseum, though not housed in the same building and with a separate entrance fee.[6]
Address: Stadhouderslaan 41, 2517 HV Den Haag
Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht
Also known as: Rietveld Schröderhuis
World Heritage-listed De Stijl house. The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.
She commissioned the house to be designed preferably without walls. Both Rietveld and Schröder espoused progressive ideals that included "a fierce commitment to a new openness about relationships within their own families and to truth in their emotional lives. Bourgeois notions of respectability and propriety, with their emphasis on discipline, hierarchy, and containment would be eliminated through architectural design that countered each of these aspects in a conscious and systematic way." Rietveld worked side by side with Schröder-Schräder to create the house. He sketched the first possible design for the building; Schröder-Schrader was not pleased. She envisioned a house that was free from association and could create a connection between the inside and outside. The house is one of the best known examples of De Stijl-architecture and arguably the only true De Stijl building. Mrs. Schröder lived in the house until her death in 1985. The house was restored by Bertus Mulder and now is a museum open for visits, run by the Centraal Museum. It is a listed monument since 1976 and UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.[7]
Address: Prins Hendriklaan 50, 3583 EP Utrecht (Oost)
Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague
Displays of graphic art in former palace. Escher in Het Paleis is a museum in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch graphical artist M. C. Escher. It is housed in the Lange Voorhout Palace since November 2002.
In 2015 it was revealed that many of the prints on display at the museum were replicas, scanned from original prints and printed onto the same type of paper used by Escher, rather than original Escher prints as they had been labeled.[8]
Address: Lange Voorhout 74, 2514 EH Den Haag (Centrum)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Museum in the Hague, Netherlands. The Mauritshuis is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. Originally, the 17th century building was the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau. It is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the top 100 Dutch heritage sites.[9]
Address: Plein 29, 2511 CS Den Haag (Centrum)
Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Art museum hosting temporary exhibitions. The Kunsthal is an art museum in Rotterdam. It opened in 1992.[10]
Address: Westzeedijk 341, 3015 AA Rotterdam (Stadscentrum)
Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
The Museum Rotterdam, until 2011 called the Historical Museum Rotterdam, is a museum about the history of Rotterdam located at the Coolhaven.[11]
Address: Rodezand 26, 3011 AN Rotterdam (Stadscentrum)
Spoorwegmuseum, Utrecht
Railway museum in a 19th-century station. The Railway Museum in Utrecht is the Dutch national railway museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station.[12]
Address: Maliebaanstation 16, 3581 XW Utrecht (Oost)
Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, Maastricht
Monastery. The Crosier Monastery or Monastery of the Crutched Friars is a former monastery of the Order of the Holy Cross in Maastricht, Netherlands. The well-preserved convent buildings house a five-star hotel, the Kruisherenhotel. It is a rare example of a Gothic monastery in the Netherlands, having survived more or less in its entirety. The buildings from the 15th and 16th century constitute three listed buildings. The more or less intact monastery archive is unique in the Netherlands.[13]
Address: Kruisherengang 19 - 23, Maastricht
Groninger Museum, Groningen
Museum in Groningen, Netherlands. The Groninger Museum is an art museum in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The museum exhibits modern and contemporary art of local, national, and international artists.
The museum opened in 1874. The current post-modernist building consists of three main pavilions designed individually by architects Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and was completed in 1994.
Since 2008, it has had 173,000 to 292,000 visitors per year, the highest amount of any museum in the province of Groningen.[14]
Address: Museumeiland 1, 9711 ME Groningen (Binnenstad)
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Riverside art museum with striking tower. The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of fine art in Maastricht, Netherlands.[15]
Address: Avenue Ceramique 250, 6221 KX Maastricht
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem
Outdoor museum of traditional buildings. The Netherlands Open Air Museum is an open-air museum located in Arnhem with antique houses, farms and factories from different parts of the Netherlands. It is a national museum focusing on the culture associated with the everyday lives of ordinary people. This will be linked to key aspects of Dutch history, including the Dutch East India Company and Michiel de Ruyter, as well as the First World War, slavery and child labour. The park was established on 24 April 1912 and open to the public from July 1918, over the last century the Netherlands Open Air Museum has grown to become one of the country's most visited museums. Annually, the museum has more than 555,000 visitors.[16]
Address: Hoeferlaan 4, 6816 SG Arnhem
De Schatkamer, Maastricht
Also known as: Schatkamer van de Sint-Servaasbasiliek
The Treasury of the Basilica of Saint Servatius is a museum of religious art and artifacts inside the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, Netherlands.[17]
Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, Groningen
Museum in Groningen, Netherlands. Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum is a maritime museum in Groningen in the Netherlands.
The museum was opened on 31 March 1932. With 34,098 visitors in 2015, it is one of the most-visited museums in the province of Groningen. The museum had 38,757 visitors in 2017.
Jan Wiebe van Veen is the director of the museum and Wicher Kerkmeijer the curator.[18]
Address: Brugstraat 24, 9711 HZ Groningen (Binnenstad)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Museum of cultural history, opened 1784. Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science. The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval Room, which was built behind the house of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, the so-called Fundatiehuis. Pieter Teyler was a wealthy cloth merchant and banker of Scottish descent, who bequeathed his fortune for the advancement of religion, art, and science. He was a Mennonite and follower of the Scottish Enlightenment.[19]
Address: Spaarne 16, 2011 CH Haarlem (Oude Stad)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The Van Abbemuseum is a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel River. Established in 1936, the museum is named after its founder, Henri van Abbe, who loved modern art and wanted to enjoy it in Eindhoven. As of 2010, the collection of the museum housed more than 2700 works of art, of which about 1000 were on paper, 700 were paintings, and 1000 were sculptures, installations and video works.
The museum has an area of 9,825 m2 and holds one of the largest collections of paintings in the world by El Lissitzky. It also has works by Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky.[20]
Address: Bilderdijklaan 10, 5611 NH Eindhoven (Centrum)
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. The Frans Hals Museum is a museum located in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
The museum was established in 1862. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the Museum De Hallen (since 2018 called Hal). The main collection, including its famous 17th-century Frans Hals paintings, for which the museum is named, is located in the former Oude Mannenhuis on the Groot Heiligland.
The museum was founded in 1862 in the newly renovated former Dominican church cloisters located in the back of the Haarlem city hall known as the Prinsenhof, and when it needed more space, it moved to the recently vacated location of the town orphanage in 1913. The collection is based on the large number of paintings owned by the City of Haarlem, which includes over 100 artworks seized from Catholic churches in the 1580s after the Protestant Reformation, and Haarlem art rescued from demolished local buildings from the 15th century onwards.
In 2018 the museum re-merged with Museum De Hallen to form a single museum called the Frans Hals Museum with two locations: Hof (located on Groot Heiligland) and Hal (located on Grote Markt).[21]
Address: Groot Heiligland 62, 2011 ES Haarlem (Oude Stad)
Het Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch
Also known as: Noordbrabants Museum
Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Het Noordbrabants Museum is an art museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[22]
Address: Verwersstraat 41, 5211 HT 's-Hertogenbosch
Great Church, Haarlem
Also known as: Grote Kerk
Gothic-style edifice and Mozart's organ. The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral located on the central market square in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Another Haarlem church called the Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam.[23]
Address: Grote Markt 22, 2011 RD Haarlem (Oude Stad)
Royal Burgers' Zoo, Arnhem
Also known as: Koninklijke Burgers' Zoo
Century-old zoo with conservation focus. Royal Burgers' Zoo is a 45-hectare zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, and is one of the biggest zoos in the country. Arnhem is a city that lies within the Veluwe, a nature park in the east of the Netherlands. The zoo is popular with both Dutch and German people, and receives about 1.5 million visitors annually. It was founded by Johan Burgers in 1913.
The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), the International Species Information System (ISIS), and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).[24]
Address: 1 Antoon van Hooffplein, Arnhem
Martinitoren, Groningen
Landmark Gothic church dating from 1220. The Martinitoren is the tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen, Netherlands, and the bell tower of the Martinikerk.
The tower is located at the north-eastern corner of the Grote Markt (Main Market Square). It contains a brick spiral staircase consisting of 260 steps, and the carillon within the tower contains 62 bells. The tower is one of the main tourist attractions of Groningen and offers a view over the city and surrounding area. The front of the tower shows three pictures above the entrance: the blind poet Bernlef, Saint Martinus and Rudolf Agricola. All three are men are linked to the history of Groningen. The tower is tilting about 0.6 m, according to reports the tower has a foundation of only three metres deep. The citizens of Groningen call their tower d'Olle Grieze, meaning the old grey one in the local dialect.[25]
Address: Martinikerkhof 1, 9712 JG Groningen (Binnenstad)
National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
Also known as: Museum Volkenkunde
Long-established museum of world culture. The National Museum of Ethnology, is an ethnographic museum in the Netherlands located in the university city of Leiden. As of 2014, the museum, along with the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Africa Museum in Berg en Dal, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures.[26]
Address: Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden
Stadhuis, Delft
Building in Delft, Netherlands. The City Hall in Delft is a Renaissance style building on the Markt across from the Nieuwe Kerk. It is the seat of the city's government as well as a popular venue for civic wedding ceremonies. Most administrative functions have been transferred to an office inside the Delft railway station building. Originally designed by the Dutch architect Hendrick de Keyser, it was heavily changed over the centuries and was restored in the 20th century to its Renaissance appearance.[27]
Address: Markt 87, 2611 GS Delft (Binnenstad)
Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
Also known as: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
History of Dutch sciences and medicine. Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is a museum of the history of science and medicine, based in Leiden, Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from medicine, physics, and astronomy.
The museum is located in a building that was originally a convent in central Leiden. It includes a reconstructed traditional anatomical theatre. It also has many galleries that include the apparatus with which Heike Kamerlingh Onnes first liquefied helium (in Leiden), the electromagnet equipment used by Wander Johannes de Haas (a Leiden physicist) for his low-temperature research, and an example of the Leiden jar, among many other objects in the extensive collection.
The museum is named after Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch physician and botanist who was famous in Europe for his teaching at Leiden and lived to a great age, receiving brilliant students from all over Europe, including Peter the Great, Voltaire and Linnaeus.[28]
Address: Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10, 2312 WC Leiden
Museum De Valk, Leiden
Also known as: De Valk
De Valk is a tower mill and museum in Leiden, Netherlands.
The current tower mill is the third mill built at this location. In 1611 the post mill "De Valck" was built, and in 1667 it was replaced by a wooden post mill. In 1743 a higher tower mill was built. De Valk originally was equipped with six mill stones. There were two dwellings in the mill, originally for the two owners, later for the miller and his assistant.
In June 1966 the mill became a municipal museum. In 2000, the De Valk mill became operationally functional again and has been used for milling.[29]
Address: Tweede Binnenvestgracht 1, 2312 BZ Leiden
Legermuseum, Delft
The Koninklijk Nederlands Legermuseum is the former national museum of the Dutch Army. Until 2013, it was located in the Armamentarium in Delft. In 2013 it was merged with the Militaire Luchtvaartmuseum, based on the former airbase at Soesterberg, where the new merged museum is based and where its new stores were opened on 13 May 2009 by Jeroen Sikkel, Secretary General for Defence.[30]
Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn
17th-century palace and formal gardens. Het Loo Palace is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, built by the House of Orange-Nassau.[31]
Address: Apeldoorn, Koninklijk Park 1
Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle
Museum in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of visual arts, with works ranging from the end of the Middle Ages until the present day, collected by Dirk Hannema, former director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. As well as the permanent collection, Museum de Fundatie organises new, wide-ranging exhibitions every three months. Museum de Fundatie recorded a record number of 310,000 visitors in 2015.[32]
Address: Blijmarkt 20, 8011 NE Zwolle (Binnenstad)
Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen
Also known as: Zuiderzeemuseum
Local maritime and harbor heritage museum. The Zuiderzee Museum, located on Wierdijk in the historic center of Enkhuizen, is a Dutch museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region. With the closing of the Afsluitdijk on May 28, 1932, the Zuiderzee was split in two parts: the waters below the Afsluitdijk are now called the IJsselmeer, while the waters north of it are now considered to be part of the Waddenzee.[33]
Address: Wierdijk 12 - 22, 1601 LA Enkhuizen
Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
Church with William of Orange's tomb. The Nieuwe Kerk is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square, opposite to the City Hall. In 1584, William the Silent was entombed here in a mausoleum designed by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser. Since then members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been entombed in the royal crypt. The latest are Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard in 2004. The private royal family crypt is not open to the public. The church tower, designed by Pierre Cuypers and completed in 1872, is the second highest in the Netherlands, after the Domtoren in Utrecht.[34]
Address: Markt 80, 2611 GW Delft (Binnenstad)
Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen
Also known as: Museum Het Valkhof
Futuristic classical and modern art museum. The Valkhof Museum is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
The museum has existed since 1999, created as a merger between the G. M. Kam museum of archaeology and the Commanderie van St. Jan museum of classical and modern art. The museum's collection includes a large and important collection of local Roman archaeological finds and art (mostly modern).
The museum stands on the edge of the Valkhof park, site of a Roman army camp and a citadel built by Charlemagne. The museum's building was designed by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel and was opened on 14 September 1999 by Queen Beatrix.
In November 2008, the official name of the museum was changed to Valkhof-Kam. This reflected an agreement reached with the heirs of G. M. Kam.[35]
Address: Kelfkensbos 59, 6511 TB Nijmegen (Nijmegen-Centrum)
Bastionder, 's-Hertogenbosch
Bastionder is a small military museum and information center built into Bastion 'Oranje' in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.[36]
Address: Bastion Oranje 1, 5211 JE 's-Hertogenbosch
Apenheul, Apeldoorn
Primate park with free-roaming monkeys. Apenheul Primate Park is a zoo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. It specializes in apes and monkeys. It opened in 1971 and was the first zoo in the world where monkeys could walk around freely in the forest and between the visitors. It started with just a few species, now it displays more than 30 different primates, among them bonobo, gorilla and orangutan.[37]
Address: J.C. Wilslaan 21, 7313 HK Apeldoorn (Apeldoorn West)
Airborne Museum, Arnhem
Museum of WWII's Battle of Arnhem and more. The Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’ in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands is dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine river in September 1944. Hartenstein served as the headquarters of the British 1st Airborne Division. In the museum an extensive and diverse collection is displayed consisting of original weaponry, genuine uniforms and equipment used in the battle. The numerous photos and films on display provide a realistic picture which is enhanced by interviews with Allied soldiers. In addition the museum has an award-winning Airborne Experience exhibition, that depicts the area around Arnhem and Oosterbeek during the battle. The museum also provides German and civilian perspectives.[38]
Address: Utrechtseweg 232, 6862 AZ Oosterbeek
Kasteel Maurick, 's-Hertogenbosch
Maurick Castle is a castle in Vught, Netherlands. It had many famous owners and visitors.[39]
Address: 3 Maurick, 's-Hertogenbosch
Efteling, Efteling
Theatre in Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands. Theater Efteling is a theatre in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It was designed by Ton van de Ven and opened its doors in 2002.[40]
Address: Europalaan 1, 5171 KW Kaatsheuvel
Evoluon, Eindhoven
Conference centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The Evoluon is a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips at Eindhoven in the Netherlands in 1966. Since its construction, it has become a landmark and a symbol for the city.
The building is unique due to its very futuristic design, resembling a landed flying saucer. It was designed by architects Leo de Bever and Louis Christiaan Kalff, while the exhibition it housed was conceived by James Gardner. De Bever and Kalff only got two demands for the design of the building, it had to be "spectacular" and it had to be possible to hold exhibitions in the building.
Its concrete dome is 77 metres (253 ft) in diameter and is held in place by 169 kilometres (105 mi) of reinforcing steel bars.
In the 1960s and 1970s the Evoluon attracted large visitor numbers, since its interactive exhibitions were a new and unique concept in the Netherlands at that time. But when competing science museums opened in other cities, the number of visitors began to decline. After several years of losing money, the original museum closed down in 1989 and the Evoluon was converted into a conference centre, opening in 1998.
In the UK the Evoluon is chiefly remembered from Bert Haanstra's wordless short film entitled simply Evoluon, commissioned by Philips to publicise the museum, and shown as a trade test colour film on BBC television from 1968 to 1972.
In October 2013 the Evoluon was used to stage four 3D-concerts by the German electronic band Kraftwerk, each before an audience of 1,200 spectators. Key band member Ralf Hütter handpicked the venue for its retro-futuristic look. Bespoke 3D-visuals of the saucer section of the building descending from space were used in the live rendition of their track Spacelab.[41]
Address: Noord Brabantlaan 1a, 5652 LA Eindhoven (Strijp)
Watermill at Gennep, Eindhoven
The Watermill at Gennep is a watermill along the river Dommel, located on the Genneperweg 143 in Gestel, Eindhoven, in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. First mentioned in the 13th century, the watermill burned down and was rebuilt in 1587.
Vincent van Gogh lived nearby and made several paintings while in the area, including four paintings of the mill in 1884. The watermill was listed as a national monument in 1972.[42]
Afrika Museum, Nijmegen
Museum in Heilig Landstichting, Netherlands. The Africa Museum is a museum in Berg en Dal in the Netherlands. The museum on the outskirts of the city of Nijmegen is a complex with indoor as well as open-air display areas, covering art, culture, music, photographs, videos and architecture of Africa. As of 2014, the museum, along with the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, and National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures.[43]
Address: Postweg 6, 6571 CS Berg en Dal
Bouvigne Castle, Breda
Bouvigne Castle is a castle outside the Ginneken district in the Dutch province of North Brabant, near the Mastbos south of Breda. Behind it lies the Markdal.
It has been owned by the Brabantse Delta Water Board since 1972. After restoration between 1975 and 1977, it was reopened by Prince Claus on September 13, 1977.[44]
Address: 7W Bouvignelaan, Breda (Breda Zuid Oost)
Stedelijk Museum Breda, Breda
Also known as: Museum of the Image
Museum. The Stedelijk Museum Breda, formerly the Museum of the Image, is a national museum for visual culture in Breda in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on film, design, photography, fashion, visual arts, architecture, science, and gaming.
MOTI closed from 1 January 2017 with the intention of reopening the building in spring 2017 as Stedelijk Museum Breda, a merger with Breda's Museum.[45]
Address: Boschstraat 22, 4811 GH Breda (Breda Centrum)
Sprookjesbos, Efteling
Fairytale-themed amusement park. The Fairytale Forest is a 15-acre wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by animated statues and buildings. Most of the figures are inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault.[46]
Historisch Centrum, Leeuwarden
Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden, located in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, preserves documents pertaining to the history of Leeuwarden.[47]
Address: Groeneweg 1, 8911 EH Leeuwarden
Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik, Hoorn
The Hoorn–Medemblik heritage railway operated by the Museumstoomtram Hoorn Medemblik is a heritage railway in the Netherlands. It runs from Hoorn to Medemblik, a distance of about 20 km.[48]
Address: 8 Van Dedemstraat, Hoorn
Heuvel Church, Tilburg
The Heuvelse kerk is a neo-Gothic Catholic church in the center of the Dutch city Tilburg. Dedicated to Saint Joseph, it is one of two major Catholic churches in the city center together with the Heikese kerk. It is located along the square Heuvel, after which it is named. A 1921 statue of the Sacred Heart is located in front of the building.
Construction of the church was divided into two phases due to financial constraints. The first part of the Heuvelse kerk was built in the period 1871–73, while the second phase took place between 1887 and 1889 and included the current front facade with its two towers. The church was consecrated in 1889 by the bishop of the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch. It was built in the garden of a barracks and was meant to accommodate Tilburg's increasing population. The barracks were renovated simultaneously to become a clergy house. The only major adjustment to the original building, designed by Hendrik van Tulder, was an extension of both transepts in the 1950s.
The Heuvelse kerk has the floor plan of a cruciform basilica. Its most prominent exterior feature are the two towers with their height of 72 metres (236 ft). Three portals in the front facade contain entrances, the central one being decorated with a relief showing the flight into Egypt. A copper-gilded statue of Saint Joseph sits on top of a gable between the towers. The interior is covered by a four-part rib vault and includes two organs and a winged altarpiece by Hendrik van der Geld, created between 1878 and 1881. Frescos of the Stations of the Cross were painted two decades after the church's inauguration by Georges de Geetere.
In 2019, the parish announced plans to sell the Heuvelse kerk, but the bishop has postponed those plans.[49]
Address: Heuvelring 122, 5038 CP Tilburg (Oud-Zuid Tilburg)
DierenPark Amersfoort, Amersfoort
Zoo in Amersfoort, Netherlands. DierenPark Amersfoort is a 20-hectare zoo located on the West side of Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht, on the edge of the Birkhoven forest, in the Netherlands.[50]
Address: Barchman Wuytierslaan 224, 3819 AC Amersfoort (Bosgebied)