Welcome to Van Gogh community of Etten-Leur!
Close to bustling Breda you will find our beautiful municipality (45,000 inhabitants) which has five official Van Gogh Monuments, plenty of urban amenities and village coziness for a pleasant stay. Etten-Leur can surprise you! Here are the steps you can take in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh:
1 Your visit to Van Gogh Etten-Leur starts at our information point in the Etten-Leur City Shop at Markt 4. Here our volunteers will show you around. The picturesque building will also be your entrance to the Van Gogh Kerk and the ideal starting point for various walks and bicycle tours.
2 No visit to Etten-Leur is complete without a visit to the Van Gogh Kerk. Here everything is told about Vincent's arrival, stay and departure from Etten with a multimedia Van gogh Experience. The experience can be visited from early summer 2025. Ticket sales will start soon.
3 Already now you can visit Museum Sint Paulushofje, a little further on the Market Square. In the hofje and in the museum you will take a step back in time and learn a lot about the history and development of Etten-Leur. In the museum you can also see what Vincent saw.
4 A visit to Van Gogh Etten-Leur is extra fun and interesting with a City Walk. Our guides will tell you about the rich history and places with great stories.
5 At the Info Point you can find numerous walking and cycling routes. And a nice souvenir, of course.
In the picturesque building at Markt 4, the Etten-Leur City Shop houses our information point. Here we welcome you to visit Etten-Leur and Van Gogh. We are open on Wednesday, Thursday and the last Sunday of the month (Shopping Sunday) from 13.30-17.00 and on Friday and Saturday from 11.00-17.00.
The Van Gogh Kerk tells the story of the importance of Vincent's period in the North Brabant town of Etten.
NOTE: The church is temporarily closed due to redevelopment. We will reopen in early summer 2025.
The former "Petit Cinéma" next to the Van Gogh Kerk will be transformed in the coming months into a replica of Vincent van Gogh's first studio. A visit is then included with a ticket to Van gogh Etten-Leur. Highly recommended!
Combine your visit to Etten-Leur with a visit to Museum Sint Paulushofje, a few hundred meters away, opposite Lambertus Church, at Markt 59 in the beautiful Sint Paulushofje. Here you will step back in Vincent's time, into the history of Etten-Leur and experience together with Vincent, among other things, the authentic Farmer's Room.
If you want to learn all about Vincent van Gogh in Etten-Leur, book a walking tour with a local guide.
Etten-Leur has five official Van Gogh Monuments. Each of them are special places. Read their stories and go see them!
Throughout the year there are various activities surrounding Van Gogh. From exhibitions to concerts. What's special is that quite a few of these activities take place in or around our Van Gogh Monuments.
Etten-Leur combines city antics with village coziness. But here you will also find plenty of pollard-willow lanes. As if you were walking or cycling in a Van Gogh painting! A versatile (covered) shopping center, a marina, a wide range of catering and recreation businesses, the picturesque Paulushofje and of course the centuries old Moeierboom make us surprisingly versatile.
The Van Gogh Kerk Etten-Leur has a nice cooperation with KOEPEL, the Marketplace for Culture and Nature Education. For example, for groups 6, 7 and 8 of primary education, the project 'Understand Vincent' is offered.
