Guidebook for Alphen
Food Scene
It has a indoor play area with supervision, so you can enjoy your food while the children play. Great African ambiance. Price is a bit above average.
Restaurant AAP
3 TeroverIt has a indoor play area with supervision, so you can enjoy your food while the children play. Great African ambiance. Price is a bit above average.
Chinese takeaway, no dine-in. Good value, fresh and quick. Every dish you order comes in a plastic box with an accompanying box of either noodles, rice or fried rice.
Don't order too much, one box can almost serve two!
Chin. Ind. Afhaalcentrum Fu Chen
46a BaarlesewegChinese takeaway, no dine-in. Good value, fresh and quick. Every dish you order comes in a plastic box with an accompanying box of either noodles, rice or fried rice.
Don't order too much, one box can almost serve two!
Beautifully set in an old cloister, next to the church. On sunny days, it's also a favourite spot for bikers.
Grand Café & Restaurant De Kloostertuin
3 HeuvelstraatBeautifully set in an old cloister, next to the church. On sunny days, it's also a favourite spot for bikers.
Bar/Restaurant with a big outdoor playground and playing attic. Great if you want to sit in the sun while your kids get to play.
Den Overkaent
1 DorpstraatBar/Restaurant with a big outdoor playground and playing attic. Great if you want to sit in the sun while your kids get to play.
Another restaurant / cafe with indoor and outdoor seating area, and a huge playground.
little America
62 BaarlesewegAnother restaurant / cafe with indoor and outdoor seating area, and a huge playground.
Parks & Nature
This spot is a campsite, but the area around is a private estate accessible to the public. This is how this area must have looked 200 years ago. Very varied landscape with a number of walking routes to choose from.
Natuurkampeerterrein Landgoed de Hoevens
4a GoorstraatThis spot is a campsite, but the area around is a private estate accessible to the public. This is how this area must have looked 200 years ago. Very varied landscape with a number of walking routes to choose from.
Het Zand
Lake, campsite with playground and cafe/restaurant, walking tours.
If you're visiting the Netherlands in March-May, go to the Keukenhof to be overwhelmed by a sea of flowers. A 1.5 our drive from our home.
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Keukenhof
166A StationswegIf you're visiting the Netherlands in March-May, go to the Keukenhof to be overwhelmed by a sea of flowers. A 1.5 our drive from our home.
Essentials
Alphen's biggest supermarket. It has everything you may need on a day-to-day basis, although the choice (e.g. in vegetables) is not great.
PLUS Van Eekelen Alphen
3 WillibrordpleinAlphen's biggest supermarket. It has everything you may need on a day-to-day basis, although the choice (e.g. in vegetables) is not great.
This is a slightly bigger supermarket with lower prices and more choice.
Parking can be difficult though. If you park on the square in front, you need to use a "clock" to indicate when you came. You're allowed to park for 2 hours at a time for free.
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Jumbo Supermarket
15 Sint AnnapleinThis is a slightly bigger supermarket with lower prices and more choice.
Parking can be difficult though. If you park on the square in front, you need to use a "clock" to indicate when you came. You're allowed to park for 2 hours at a time for free.
Petrol (not diesel) is about 20 cents per liter cheaper in Belgium. If you're around, fill up here.
Tango Baarle Hertog
90 MolenstraatPetrol (not diesel) is about 20 cents per liter cheaper in Belgium. If you're around, fill up here.
Shopping
Baarle-Nassau is a Dutch village, but it has Belgian enclaves inside. The NL/B border is marked on the road and often crosses right through houses.
It's a small town, but there's a good number of cafes and shops.
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Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau is a Dutch village, but it has Belgian enclaves inside. The NL/B border is marked on the road and often crosses right through houses.
It's a small town, but there's a good number of cafes and shops.
Getting Around
Take bus 132 to get here (exit the front door and walk 100m to the left for the bus stop. It takes an hour by bus, 30 mins by car to get here.
Direct trains to Amsterdam (airport), Brussels, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Den Bosch.
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Breda station
Take bus 132 to get here (exit the front door and walk 100m to the left for the bus stop. It takes an hour by bus, 30 mins by car to get here.
Direct trains to Amsterdam (airport), Brussels, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Den Bosch.
Take bus 132 right opposite our house. It takes about 30 mins.
Direct trains to Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Rotterdam
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Tilburg railway station
Take bus 132 right opposite our house. It takes about 30 mins.
Direct trains to Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Rotterdam
Arts & Culture
A museum detailing Rotterdam's harbour. There is a great playground where kids can operate cranes and move goods, one of our kids' favourites.
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Maritime Museum Rotterdam
1 LeuvehavenA museum detailing Rotterdam's harbour. There is a great playground where kids can operate cranes and move goods, one of our kids' favourites.
Tilburg was the centre of the Dutch textile industry. All of the factories have now gone, the Textile museum details the history.
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Textile Museum
96 GoirkestraatTilburg was the centre of the Dutch textile industry. All of the factories have now gone, the Textile museum details the history.
Privately founded museum with modern art.
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De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art
1 WilhelminaparkPrivately founded museum with modern art.
Entertainment & Activities
Safari Park. You can take the walking route or drive your car around.
There is also a playland with separate entrance. Nothing spectacular but especially younger kids will love it.
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Beekse Bergen Safari Park
1 Beekse BergenSafari Park. You can take the walking route or drive your car around.
There is also a playland with separate entrance. Nothing spectacular but especially younger kids will love it.
Netherlands largest theme park that has won many international awards. It's set in a fairy tale theme and has both indoor and outdoor rides.
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Efteling
1 EuropalaanNetherlands largest theme park that has won many international awards. It's set in a fairy tale theme and has both indoor and outdoor rides.