museum
DAF Museum
Eindhoven museum charting Dutch truck maker DAF, from quirky Variomatic-transmission city cars to giant race trucks, displayed near the original 1928 workshop.
8 km · about 15 min drive
EuropeNetherlandsNorth Brabant
Son
North Brabant, Netherlands · Europe
About Son
Son is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Vaartbroek, 55km from Biesbosch National Park.
Son is in North Brabant, Netherlands, with about 4,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vaartbroek, about 4 km away.
Son en Breugel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsɔn ɛm ˈbrøːɣəl] ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands just outside Eindhoven. The municipality covers an area of 26.51 km2 (10.24 sq mi) of which 0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi) is water. It had a population of 17,552 in 2021. Son en Breugel used to be two different villages:Read more
'Son' and 'Breugel', with the stream of the Dommel separating the two villages. Son en Breugel also borders the following larger municipalities: Eindhoven, Meierijstad, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, and Best.
The spoken language is North Meierijs (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Son?
Within an hour or so of Son: DAF Museum (8 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (23 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (24 km), Efteling (34 km).
Are there any good drives near Son?
The nearest famous roads are Brouwersdam, Houtribdijk and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Son?
Son is in North Brabant, Netherlands, about 4 km from Vaartbroek.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,930
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- North Brabant
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.5114, 5.4928
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Son
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
23 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
24 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
36 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Thorn
The 'white village' of Limburg: an entire former abbey-principality of whitewashed brick lanes and cobbles beside the Maas, painted white in the Napoleonic era to dodge a window tax and kept that way ever since.
46 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Biesbosch National Park
Freshwater tidal wetland of creeks and willow forest between Dordrecht and Werkendam, with visitor centres and car parks.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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