Tilburg
Tilburg is a large city in southern Netherlands. It started to grow during the Industrial Revolution, when wool factories were set up, thus making it the wool city of the Netherlands. Wikivoyage
Population 227,707 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Paleis-Raadhuis Castle · 260 m -
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Monument Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade Prinses Irene Memorial · 290 m -
Indië-monument Memorial · 320 m -
Gedenknaald Koning Willem II Memorial · 400 m -
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Slavernijmonument Artwork · 810 m -
Natuurmuseum Brabant Museum · 840 m - 'De Zwerfkei' van de Coba Pulskenslaan Memorial · 300 m
- Monument voor de 15th Scottish Division Memorial · 310 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Tilburg Funfair
July
The largest funfair of the Benelux, which is held in July for ten days
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Tilburg); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 80 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.