‘And in my opinion, ye and I can do no better than to work after Dutch nature (figure and landscape). Then we are ourselves, then we feel t'home, then we are in our element.’ Vincent to his painter friend Anthon van Rappard, Etten, Saturday 15 October 1881. Reverend Van Gogh was a Reformed minister in Etten between 1875 and 1882. Vincent visited regularly, usually because he was broke. So too in April 1881, when he returned home. But this turned out to be a tipping point: Vincent had decided to become an artist and set up his first studio in the rectory. He made hundreds of sketches and drawings in the nine months he lived here. These now hang in museums around the world.
Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Achter de Molen 4, 4873 GX Etten-Leur | 32 KM | |
From
50
to
62
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1175 M | 1.2 KM | |
Head east on Achter de Molen | 778 M | ||
Turn right onto Rijsbergseweg | 369 M | ||
Make a slight right | 28 M | ||
You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
From
62
to
21
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1531 M | 1.5 KM | |
Head southeast | 19 M | ||
Turn left | 19 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Rijsbergseweg | 1.5 KM | ||
You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
From
21
to
23
|
499 M | 0.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Zandspui | 499 M | ||
You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
From
23
to
24
|
3071 M | 3.1 KM | |
Head northeast on Zandspui | 677 M | ||
Turn right onto Hoge Bremberg | 308 M | ||
Turn left onto Moerdijkse Postbaan | 1.8 KM | ||
Turn right onto Sprundelsebaan | 259 M | ||
You are now at section 24 | 0 M | ||
From
24
to
45
|
2551 M | 2.6 KM | |
Head north on Liesdreef | 647 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Moerdijkse Postbaan | 1.9 KM | ||
You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
From
45
to
8
|
701 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head southwest on Liesbosweg | 328 M | ||
Turn right onto Attelakenseweg | 373 M | ||
You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
From
8
to
13
|
1801 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head northeast on Deurnestraat | 1.8 KM | ||
You are now at section 13 | 0 M | ||
From
13
to
10
|
1511 M | 1.5 KM | |
Head west on Elshoutweg | 1.5 KM | ||
Continue onto Zevenbergseweg (N389) | 11 M | ||
You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
From
10
to
1
|
809 M | 0.8 KM | |
Head north on Zevenbergseweg | 809 M | ||
You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
From
1
to
41
|
2640 M | 2.6 KM | |
Head north | 19 M | ||
Turn left onto Zevenbergseweg | 2.6 KM | ||
You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
From
41
to
35
|
3963 M | 4 KM | |
Head southwest | 14 M | ||
Turn left onto Hazeldonkse Zandweg | 22 M | ||
Turn right onto Markdijk | 7 M | ||
Make a slight right to stay on Markdijk | 2.3 KM | ||
Turn left onto Markdijk | 1.1 KM | ||
Turn left onto Allenweg | 28 M | ||
Keep left onto Allenweg | 510 M | ||
You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
From
35
to
5
|
2540 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head southeast on Goudbloemsedijk | 266 M | ||
Turn right onto Eerste Molenweg | 2.3 KM | ||
You are now at section 05 | 0 M | ||
From
5
to
82
|
2145 M | 2.1 KM | |
Head east on A-B Weg | 370 M | ||
Turn right onto Vierde Molenweg | 288 M | ||
Turn left onto Papenweg | 1.5 KM | ||
You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
From
82
to
20
|
1355 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head southeast on De Opslag | 1.4 KM | ||
You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
From
20
to
4
|
2275 M | 2.3 KM | |
Head southeast on Rioolseweg | 245 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Laakseweg | 1.4 KM | ||
Continue onto Achter de Vaart | 628 M | ||
You are now at section 04 | 0 M | ||
From
4
to
61
|
1272 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head northeast on Hoevenseweg | 1.3 KM | ||
You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
From
61
to
50
|
2125 M | 2.1 KM | |
Head east on Hoevenseweg | 179 M | ||
Keep right onto Hoevenseweg | 39 M | ||
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hoevenseweg | 14 M | ||
Exit the roundabout onto Hoevenseweg | 715 M | ||
Turn left onto Markt | 53 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Markthof | 10 M | ||
Turn right onto Markt | 37 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Markt | 96 M | ||
Turn left onto Bisschopsmolenstraat | 160 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Bisschopsmolenstraat | 273 M | ||
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bisschopsmolenstraat | 16 M | ||
Exit the roundabout onto Bisschopsmolenstraat | 533 M | ||
You are now at section 50 | 0 M |