Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Tilburg, Netherlands

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 53 m
Descend 46 m

Experience Tilburg in Netherlands in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Tilburg

Sight 1: Draaiend huis

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Rotating House is a work of art in Tilburg on the Hasselt roundabout. It is seen as one of the most remarkable realisations of roundabout art in the Netherlands. John Körmeling's artwork consists of a revolving house in the middle of the roundabout. The house rotates slowly. The house is 5 meters wide, 8.5 meters deep and 10 meters high.

Wikipedia: Draaiend Huis (kunstwerk) (NL), Url

223 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Hasseltse Kapel

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The Hasseltse Chapel or Chapel Onze Lieve Vretitation is a chapel in the Tilburg neighborhood and former Herdgang Hasselt, which dates from something before 1536. The chapel is therefore the oldest religious monument in Tilburg.

Wikipedia: Hasseltse kapel (NL), Website, Url

968 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Sint-Lucaskerk

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St. Luke's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church on the Lage Witsiebaan in the Tilburg district of Het Zand. The building was designed in 1964 by architect Jules Nouwens in a sober modernist style. The building was completed in 1965.

Wikipedia: Sint-Lucaskerk (Tilburg) (NL), Website

1728 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 4: Wandelbos

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The Wandelbos is a city park in Tilburg West. It was designed in or before 1917 by the well-known landscape architect Leonard Springer, who also designed the Wilhelminapark (1895) and the Leijpark in Tilburg. It was carried out as a job creation project under the direction of the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij and was put into use in 1920. A second phase was completed in 1921 and 1922, but it was not fully completed until 1937. When it opened, it was given the name Stadswandelbos (City Walking Forest).

Wikipedia: Wandelbos (Tilburg) (NL)

1385 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 5: Oude Warande

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The Oude Warande is an 18th-century park, located south of the Tilburg-Breda railway line, between Tilburg University station and the Reeshof district. The park was created in 1712 by order of William VIII of Hesse-Kassel and is one of the few intact star forests in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Oude Warande (NL)

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