De Vijf Eiken
District of Rijen
in Gemeente Gilze en Rijen of North Brabant, Netherlands
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Eindhoven Airport (22 mi) - Rotterdam Airport (33 mi)
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Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (34 mi) - Hasselt Airport (47 mi)
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (50 mi)
- Brussels Airport (51 mi)
- Maastricht Aachen Airport (60 mi)
- Lelystad Airport (65 mi)
- Liège Airport (70 mi)
- Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (Unesco heritage, 23 mi)
- Van Nellefabriek (Unesco heritage, 31 mi)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Unesco heritage, 34 mi)
- Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- Flemish Béguinages (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Defence Line of Amsterdam (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Stoclet House (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Steenhoven Country Club (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Lilse Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 25 mi)
- Brasschaat Open Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Rinkven Golf Club (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Golf Club Nuclea Mol (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Kempense Golf Club (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Golf Club Witbos (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Bossenstein Golf & Polo Club (Golf course, 31 mi)
- Ternesse Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 31 mi)
- De Efteling (amusement park, (7 mi)
- Speelland Beekse Bergen (amusement park, (10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.591 and 4.919 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 35' 26" and E 4° 55' 9"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, Western Frisian
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 04:55 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:43 am and 9:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
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Delve into De Vijf Eiken
The district De Vijf Eiken of Rijen in Gemeente Gilze en Rijen (North Brabant) is a district located in Netherlands about 55 mi south of Amsterdam, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 4% |
| Air Humidity | 69% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 97% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Van der Valk Hotel Gilze - Tilburg
Hotel Oosterhout
de Villa
Hof van 's Gravenmoer
Campanile Breda
Premiere Classe
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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North Brabant
North Brabant, since 2001 Brabant is also unofficially used, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium's Antwerp and Limburg provinces in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, and Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.
Dongen
Dongen is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" (about ten feet across), the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts Automobile was built here in 1899.
Oosterhout
Oosterhout (from ooster, "eastern", and hout, "woods") is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. In November 2012, the city's population was 53,693.
Donge (river)
The Donge is a river in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. It rises near the village Dongen and flows north to the city of Geertruidenberg where it's continued by the Amer together with the Bergse Maas.
Alphen, North Brabant
Alphen is a village in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, in the Netherlands. It is located about 12 km southwest of Tilburg. The village itself has about 2960 inhabitants; the countryside that belongs to the village has a population of about 1040. This includes the hamlets 't Zand, Alphen-Oosterwijk, Druisdijk, Looneind, Boslust, Hondseind, Het Sas, Terover, Boshoven and Kwaalburg. According to the 19th century historian A.J.
Alphen en Riel
Alphen en Riel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Alphen and Riel. In 1997, the municipality was divided between the new municipality of Alphen-Chaam, and the municipality of Goirle.
Capture of Breda (1581)
The Capture of Breda of 1581, also known as the Haultepenne Fury, occurred when Spanish troops under the command of Claude de Berlaymont, lord of Haultepenne, took Breda by surprise after a sentry was bribed by a follower of the king, Charles de Gavre, who was kept a prisoner at the castle. The corrupt sentry allowed the Spanish troops to enter the castle.
Capture of Breda (1590)
The Capture of Breda was an extremely short battle of the Eighty Years' War during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau and Francis Vere captured the heavily protected city of Breda by a clever tactic reminiscent of the Trojan horse. He was informed by English captain Lional Vickars and a nobleman from Cambrai, Charles de Heraugiere, that a ship carrying peat to the city was never checked by the Spanish soldiers.
Klooster, North Brabant
Klooster is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, approximately two km north of the town of Chaam.
Chaam
This article is about the Dutch village. For the Buddhist festival see Cham Dance Chaam Coordinates: {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:51|30|16|N|4|51|41|E|type:city_region:NL | |name= }} Country Netherlands Province Noord-Brabant Municipality Alphen-Chaam Population (1 January 2008) 3,831 Chaam is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, about 13 km southeast of Breda.
Ginneken en Bavel
Ginneken en Bavel was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, located southeast of the city of Breda. It covered the villages of Ginneken (now a neighbourhood of Breda) and Bavel. Ginneken en Bavel existed until 1942, when the village of Ginneken was transferred to Breda, and the other part of the area became a new municipality called Nieuw-Ginneken.
's Gravenmoer
's Gravenmoer is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Dongen, about 3 km north of the town of Dongen. The village has a population of about 2190 inhabitants, including the farmlands to the north of the village. 's Gravenmoer was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of Dongen.
Nieuw-Ginneken
Nieuw-Ginneken was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, located southeast of the city of Breda. It was created in 1942 from part of the municipality of Ginneken en Bavel, and existed until 1997 when its parts north of the A58 motorway merged with Breda, and the parts south of the motorway, containing the villages of Strijbeek, Galder and some outer parts of Ulvenhout merged with Alphen-Chaam.
Raamsdonk
Raamsdonk is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Geertruidenberg, about 15 km northeast of Breda. Raamsdonk was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of Geertruidenberg.
Teteringen
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Waspik
Waspik is a village in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Waalwijk. Waspik was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of Waalwijk. Waspik came to national attention in 2007 when a Liberian family was forced to flee the village after repeated racist attacks. An official report into events in the village concluded that everyone involved in the affair including the town council and housing corporations had failed to protect the family.
Ulvenhout
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Bavel, Netherlands
Bavel is a village in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of North Brabant, largely within the municipality of Breda with some rural areas in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam. Bavel has a population of around 6,500, the majority of the inhabitants live in the village itself, and some 590 in the surroundig countryside, including the hamlets of Roosberg, Eikberg, Bolberg, Tervoort, Lijndonk and Lage Aard.
Rijen
Rijen is the largest place in the Dutch municipality of Gilze en Rijen. The city hall is located here. Rijen is situated north of the A58, between Breda and Tilburg. Surrounding places are: Dorst, Dongen and Oosterhout. As of 2011 Rijen has over 16,000 inhabitants.
Heikant, Alphen-Chaam
Heikant is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, about 2 km northeast of Chaam. According to the 19th century historian A.J. van der Aa, Heikant (or "De Heikant") consisted of 37 houses and had a population of 230 in the middle of the 19th century. The Roman Catholic Church of the parish of Chaam used to be in this hamlet, but it was moved to the village of Chaam in 1842.
Heikant, Rijen
Heikant is a former hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It was located in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, about 1 km west of the centre of Rijen. According to the 19th century historian A.J. van der Aa, Heikant (or "De Heikant") consisted of 8 houses and had a population of 60 in the middle of the 19th century. Heikant was still named as a separate hamlet in 1997, but nowadays it no longer exists: a residaential neighbourhood of the town of Rijen now covers the area.
Heikant, Oosterhout
Heikant is a hamlet in the municipality of Oosterhout, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located about 3 km southeast of the centre of Oosterhout.
't Zand, Alphen-Chaam
't Zand' is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant, in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.
Siege of Breda (1637)
The Fifth Siege of Breda (21 July – 11 October 1637) was an important siege in the Eighty Years' War in which stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange retook the city of Breda, which had last changed hands in 1625 when the Spanish general Ambrogio Spinola conquered it for Spain. Hereafter, the city would remain in the hands of the Dutch Republic until the end of the war.
Reeshof
The Reeshof (also known as Tilburg Reeshof), is a district of the municipality Tilburg in the Netherlands. The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the Reeshof the largest district of Tilburg. The Reeshof mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later.
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