Visiting this museum was totally unplanned. It was just down the road from our intended museum – Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught. Geniemuseum? All the big machines parked around lawn got me curious. The gate was wide open. We walked right in. Geniemuseum is an Engineer Museum about the military engineering…
Category: North Brabant
Day Trips
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Kamp Vught
I did not know that there was a concentration camp in the Netherlands. “Kamp Vught” was actually the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Did you know this fact? Vught is a village a few kilometers south of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (colloquially known as Den Bosch),…
Halsteren
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Mozezbrug | Moses Bridge
Another slightly unusual pit stop to check out an invisible bridge, parting waters. Biblical! We arrived on a small dirt parking lot, on the corner of Ligneweg and Fort de Rooverweg. Google Maps did not disappoint. I did not realise the surrounding area was one of the oldest defensive lines…
North Brabant
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Justitiele Inrichtingen Vught
So, I was visiting Museum Vught – a former and the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. And this striking building was right next to it. It says “Justitiele Inrichtingen Vught”. “Something justice institution?”, I asked out loud. “It’s a prison!”, replied my hubby….
Eindhoven
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Silly Walks Tunnel
In the Dommel tunnel, between the TU and the Effenaar in Eindhoven, you can find the underpass decorated with street art depicting the ‘Silly Walk’. This refers to the crazy walks and bizarre movements that John Cleese made in his famous Monty Python sketch. The images of the Minister of…