Oudenbosch railway station

Travelling at the beginning of the nineteenth century was still an arduous undertaking. Time-consuming, full of risks and difficulties. Until the railways came along. Oudenbosch got a train connection and a station early on. It is, apart from one, the oldest railway station in the Netherlands. As such, it was very strategically located between Rotterdam and Antwerp.

The railway station was a real lifeline for the
village. Now children from all over the Netherlands - and their parents
- travel here, for the good education. Furthermore, it was
the train is also an excellent means of transporting goods as
wine, beer and the cultivated avenue trees.
And another important thing: thanks in part to the station, the
Oudenbosch to become a gathering place for the Papal
Zouaves. These were the soldiers who were the land borders of the
Vatican defended.
Nice to know:
Vincent van Gogh also disembarked at this station in 1877 to spend 's
night on foot across the moors to 'his' birthplace, the
near Zundert to run.
Around the corner here begins St Bernaerts Street, the oldest road
of Oudenbosch, and the old connection between the port and
Bovendonk in Hoeven. Many entrepreneurs, as tree growers
and wine merchants, and important people lived in these
street. This is well illustrated by the beautiful, monumental
premises.