Discover Laarbeek app
Your ideal travel companion!
'Discover Laarbeek' app
If you want all the tourist information about Laarbeek always to hand, then the free “Discover Laarbeek” app is your ideal travel companion.
The app contains more than 60 cycling and walking routes, divided into various themes by icons. Through the app, you can also view the agenda with all Laarbeek activities and events, all complete with the necessary information. This also applies to all e-bike charging points and publicly accessible toilets. The app is the tool of choice when you visit or are already in Laarbeek.
You can download the app from the App Store (Apple) and Play Store (Android).
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Video: Discover Laarbeek and rediscover the sound of peace and space!
Video: Discover Laarbeek and rediscover the sound of peace and space!
Nature, water, peace and quiet, and space!
From canals to nature reserves, from parks to gardens, Laarbeek boasts beautiful natural areas that are definitely worth a visit. It's no wonder our wooded municipality was named the greenest municipality in the Netherlands in 2016. In 2017, Laarbeek was crowned the greenest municipality in Europe! In Laarbeek, you can completely unwind, while the cities are within easy reach. In the Peel Water Gate, you'll find peace and quiet, surrounded by nature and close to the water everywhere.
History of Laarbeek
Laarbeek is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, partly located in the Meijer of Den Bosch and partly in De Peel. The municipality was created on 1 January 1997 by the merger of the former municipalities Aarle-Rixtel, Beek en Donk and Lieshout (which also included the church village Mariahout). The town hall is located in Beek en Donk. The municipality now has 22,665 inhabitants and a surface area of 55.86 km2.
Why the name Laarbeek?
But how did they arrive at the name Laarbeek? The inhabitants of the former municipalities of which Laarbeek was formed were allowed to submit a new name for the municipality themselves. Names such as Groenewoud, Bextelhout, Grotendonk or Laarlanden came up. But the final winner was Laarbeek, a combination of the terms 'Laar' (after the hamlet Het Laar, which forms the centre of the municipality) and 'Beek' (a reference to the various streams which cross the municipality, such as the Aa and the Goorloop). The name Laarbeek also consists of the parts of the former municipal names: the 'L' refers to Lieshout, 'Aar' to Aarle-Rixtel and 'Beek' to Beek en Donk. The merging into Laarbeek is symbolised by the work of art Accretio.
The 4 cores of Laarbeek
Well-known and important Dutch people - who were born in Laarbeek
Jojanneke van den Berg (1980) - journalist and presenter
Frederik Brom (1975) - actor, presenter
Anke Engels (1974) - actress
Guus Meeuwis (1972) - singer
Maurice Verberne (1971) - football player
Eddy Bouwmans (1968) - cyclist
Ryan van den Akker (1960) - actress
Wim Daniëls (1954) - writer
Carlo van den Bergh (1947-2008) - football player
Johan Verschuuren (1935) - weatherman
Rieky Wijsbek (1940-2008) - sculptor
Piet Damen (1934) - cyclist
Martien Coppens (1908-1986) - photographer
Eustachius van Lieshout (1890-1943) - beatified priest
Piet van Thiel (1816-1894) - industrialist
Arnoldus Arlenius (1510-1582) - humanist and classicist