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Fairy tales, carnival, a famous painter and a village where the border runs through the houses. Ten questions about cosy North Brabant.
Curious visitor 0–4 · Carnival regular 5–8 · Honorary Brabander 9–10
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Efteling opened in 1952 with its Fairy Tale Forest, designed by the artist Anton Pieck. It lies in Kaatsheuvel. Walibi Holland is a theme park in Flevoland.
Photo: Rémih, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Vincent van Gogh was the son of the village minister. Zundert remembers him with a museum house and a statue of Vincent and his brother Theo.
Photo: Michielverbeek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Baarle is split into Dutch Baarle-Nassau and Belgian Baarle-Hertog, with more than twenty little pieces of Belgium inside the Netherlands. Your front door decides which country your house belongs to.
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The worstenbroodje is made with soft bread dough, not puff pastry. It used to be a treat for Christmas and carnival, and in 2016 it was added to the Dutch list of intangible heritage.
Photo: Ruud van Dam, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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For three days the city becomes the farmers' village of Oeteldonk, and many people wear a blue farmer's smock. Kruikenstad is the carnival name of Tilburg.
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Houdoe comes from 'houd u goed', which means 'keep yourself well'. People elsewhere in the Netherlands usually just say 'doei'.
Photo: Clockwork Orange at Dutch Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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The Loonse en Drunense Duinen have a wide open plain of loose sand, surrounded by forest, where the wind still moves the dunes. De Groote Peel is a real national park too, but it is a wet peat bog full of birds.
Photo: Wdejager, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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In 1891 the Philips family opened a small light bulb factory in Eindhoven, and it grew into a huge electronics company. The city still celebrates light with a yearly light art festival.
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Farmers around Tilburg began weaving the wool of their sheep at home. By 1881 the town had about 145 wool mills. The industry closed in the 1960s, and one old mill is now a textile museum.
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The Moerdijk bridges cross the wide river between South Holland and Brabant. 'Below the Moerdijk' means the south, where carnival is the biggest party of the year.
Photo: Bjoertvedt, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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