In the sixteenth century, a 'child prodigy' was born in Hilvarenbeek. Johannes Goropius Becanus, also known as Jan van Gorp. Jan had an enormous knack for languages, a great intuition and a lot of knowledge of nature. He combined that knowledge with feeling and found... the EARTHLY PARADISE. Discover the story of Jan van Gorp in Hilvarenbeek, where you can enjoy the beautiful nature, centuries-old buildings, fun climbing forests and good food on one of the many terraces.

This cycle route starts at De Vrijthof in Hilvarenbeek and is 15.5 km long in total. The cycle route is 10 km and the connecting walking route is 5.5 km. You can find this walking route here. To start the walking route, you first cycle to cycle junction 50. From there you can cycle to De Nieuwe Hoef to park your bike. From here, walk to hiking junction 92. After your walk, get back on your bike and cycle back to cycle junction 50. Here the cycle route continues towards the end point.

Get off and discover...

Complete your cycling adventure and be surprised along the route by special products, promotions and packages dedicated to this route.

• Goropius pastry from De Nieuwe Hoef 
• Jan van Gorp spelt pancake flour from Molen de Doornboom and De Heemtuin
• ParadIJS by Gorp van Zinin

About this route

This cycling and walking route was created by VisitBrabant Routebureau. The route is set out via the Brabant cycling and walking junction system. Simply cycle and walk from one numbered junction to another. Arrows show you the way between the nodes. At the starting point of this route you will find plenty of parking space and restaurants. Is there something wrong with the signposting of the route? Please let us know via visitbrabant.com/meldpunt. You can also call 0800-4050050 (free of charge).

Roadmap

View this route page on your phone or download the GPX file. Do you want to go out with a paper map? A route brochure is available for this theme route, download it here.

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