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• Liquorice and Cheese

  When Dutch people travel abroad they are great promoters of traditional Dutch products. More than 50% of Dutch holidaymakers bring along food from home on their international travels, especially typically Dutch things such as liquorice, cheese, chocolate sprinkles, ontbijtkoek (a type of ginger cake) and even potatoes and pancake mix! Caravans, cars, suitcases and even bicycle panniers cross the border bursting with familiar edibles....

• Tilburg's heavenly spirits

  
  Like every other self-respecting city, Tilburg has an incredible selection of local delicacies. Take a look at some of its heavenly spirits and sweets....

• Theaters Tilburg: where talent and humour know no boundaries

  
  Tilburg is a true student city. Foreign ‘scholars’ from all corners of the globe have travelled to this beautiful provincial town to attend Tilburg University or one of many other colleges available here....

• Royal fortunes

  Every year the Dutch magazine Quote publishes a Top 500 list of the nation's richest people. Last year, for the first time, the Royal family agreed to make an appearance in the Quote 's 500....

• KLM in search of its Dutch roots

  In order to refresh its image and to emphasise its Dutch roots, Royal Dutch Airlines KLM will start making more use of the colours white and orange next to their well-trusted blue....

• Bavaria beer tour

  In the Middle Ages there were thousands of breweries in the Netherlands alone. This was a time when  safe drinking water wasn't available....

• Marietje Kessels

  
  For over a century 12-year-old Marietje Kessels has been burned into the collective memory of all Tilburgers....

• Jan Taminiau

  
  In het Audax Textielmuseum Tilburg is vanaf 27 januari 2013 de tentoonstelling 'Het ambacht van JANTAMINIAU' te zien....

• Hot air ballooning in Holland

  
  Weary from a crowded Ryanair flight to Weeze that put one in mind of a budget bus ride to a cheap casino in Vegas, we finally arrived at our friend’s hostel ready for a day of rest and relaxation in the countryside far away from any city or traffic noise....

• Little Antwerp

  
  The Old Market is a small square that has recently developed into a lively outdoor attraction covered in café terraces....

• Senseless slaughter

  
  Anyone who thinks that the Dutch are a politically correct, peace-loving people may want to revise their opinion after reading the following sentences....

• The Mystery of Tilburg

  
  If you'd like to discover Tilburg's deepest secrets you can buy a city guide called Mystery of Tilburg for only €1 from the VVV Tilburg tourist information office at Nieuwlandstraat 34....

• Have your say

  If you have had an experience to remember at any of the venues listed in this guide, be it good, bad, ugly or downright sad, let the two million regular unique visitors to our website, www....

• Memories of war

  
  All of the Netherlands including Tilburg was occupied by the German army during World War II. Today, numerous monuments have been erected in honour of the war's victims and heroes, its resistance fighters and liberators....