Nuenen
Nuenen is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands.
Nuenen is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands. From 1883 to 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Nuenen. In 1944, a battle was fought there during Operation Market Garden. The local dialect is called Peellands. In 2009, Nuenen had a population of 22,437.
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Worth seeing in and around Nuenen
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Eindhoven University of Technology
The Eindhoven University of Technology is a public technical university in the Netherlands, situated in Eindhoven. In 2025–26, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc and MSc programs and around 2200 students were enrolled in its PhD and EngD programs.
4.8 km · public technical university in Eindhoven, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Eindhovensch Kanaal
The Eindhovensch Kanaal is a canal in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It connects the center of Eindhoven with the Zuid-Willemsvaart.
5.7 km · canal in North Brabant, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Vesteda Tower
The Vesteda tower is located in Eindhoven and was finished in 2006. At 90 metres tall and 28 floors it is the fourth highest building in Eindhoven.
6 km · apartment building in Eindhoven · Wikipedia - 04Al-Fourqaan mosque
The Al-Fourqaan mosque is a Salafi Islamic mosque in which is part of Al-fourqaan Islamic Center in Eindhoven, Netherlands, established in the 1990s.
5.8 km · mosque in Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Porthos
Porthos, with its height of 101 metres, is the fifth tallest building in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. At the time of construction, it was the second tallest.
5 km · apartment building in the Dutch city Eindhoven · Wikipedia - 0618 September Square
The 18 September Square is a square in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. It is the connection between Eindhoven Centraal railway station and the city's shopping center.
6 km · square in Eindhoven, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Mierlo War Cemetery
Mierlo War Cemetery is a Second World War Commonwealth war grave cemetery, located in the village of Mierlo, 12 km east of Eindhoven in The Netherlands.
5.2 km · Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Mierlo, The Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08
- 09Geldrop Castle
Geldrop Castle is a castle with park near the center of Geldrop, North-Brabant, the Netherlands. It is on the edge of the valley of the Kleine Dommel.
5.4 km · Dutch castle · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Windmill de Roosdonck
- 02Watermill at Opwetten
- 03Van Gogh
This is a Waterstaatskerk (Reformed Church) from 1824.
- 04Van Gogh Village Museum
A unique feature of Nuenen and the surroundings is that it can be viewed as an Outdoor Museum with many reminders of Van Gogh.
- 05Nune Ville
Berg 24.
From Wikivoyage: Nuenen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Eindhoven Zoo
From Wikivoyage: Nuenen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Restaurant de Lindehof
Beekstraat 1,.
- 02Restaurant Olijf
Heuvel 1,.
- 03De Watermolen van Opwetten
Opwettenseweg 203,.
- 04Tong Ah
Park 45,.
- 05Restaurant Goesting
Park 61,.
From Wikivoyage: Nuenen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Nuenen
- Airports
- Eindhoven (EIN), 12 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 44 km · Maastricht Aachen (MST), 64 km
- Stations
- Eindhoven Central railway station, 5.7 km · Helmond 't Hout railway station, 5.9 km · Helmond Brandevoort railway station, 4.5 km · Geldrop railway station, 5.9 km
- Maastricht → Nuenen70 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · €10–13
- Rotterdam → Nuenen89 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · €12–16
- Amsterdam → Nuenen110 km · quickest by road, 2h · €13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nuenen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nuenen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inEindhoven Airport is mostly served by low-cost carriers Ryanair, Transavia and Wizzair, and by holiday charter specialists.
- Get aroundThere are shared cars of Greenwheels and MyWheels in the city, however you can only rent them if you are registered resident in the Netherlands.
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- Geldrop-Mierlomunicipality in the Netherlands5.3 km
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- Geldroptown in Geldrop-Mierlo, the Netherlands5.7 km
- Mierlovillage in Geldrop-Mierlo, the Netherlands5.5 km
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