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Breda likewise historically but doesn't have any attractions I know
of that would justify a move there. I'm biased of course.
breda is a very nice city to live, vibrant historical centre, much better then say, tilburg...;)* im from near breda and lived a long while in eindhoven during studies. my experience though is, that despite there being quite a bit of quite large cities (for dutch thinking), the mentality is quite rural/traditional. cities and likewise mentalities, don't go there.
but that is just my own dig and some of the reasons i left.. it is nice, safe, and, quiet.
*tilburg and breda have had beef since centuries, hence....;)
Rodolfo
@peter_v
Brabant rules, good choice! I'd choose Eindhoven or my home town Tilburg (both more or less lively student towns with Universities and good music venues) as ideal for commuting both by train or bike to Boxtel.
Den Bosch ('s-Hertogenbosch) is a nice city to visit with historic centre (which both Tilburg and Eindhoven lack, Tilburg because of its history starting as 5 villages that grew together into a town and Eindhoven because of the war; British and German bombs) but predominantly many old people. Breda likewise historically but doesn't have any attractions I know of that would justify a move there. I'm biased of course.
All towns mentioned above have nice surroundings, nature reserves and parks and are much closer to the great outdoors (big euphemism in NL) and there's way less highways and industry and suburbs here in Brabant than around Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.
Oh and it's close to Belgium which is a big plus.
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