Storytelling routes in Brabant

For VisitBrabant Routebureau and local municipalities/regions we create cycling and hiking routes based on local stories. 

Brabant is well-known for its excellent bicycle infrastructure. There is a great variety of villages, farmland, and nature areas. The province aims for inhabitants and visitors to explore these areas by bicycle or on foot. To make also the lesser known areas attractive and exciting, since 2019, we have been creating routes based on well-known local stories. They revolve around 3 main themes: Folktales & Legends, Made in Brabant, Stories around the border. 

The creative process involves exploration of the places of memory and places of imagination,  defining the points of interest and the storyline, facilitating sessions with local stakeholders and entrepreneurs to match the logic of the story with the logic of the route and with the logic of the entrepreneurs. So far, 11 Folktales & Legends routes, 2 Made in Brabant routes, and 1 Around the border route have been launched, with several new routes coming up. 

When

December 2019 - present

Funding 

VisitBrabant Routebureau & various municipalities/regions 

Partners

VisitBrabant Routebureau

Research team

  • Dr Moniek Hover
  • Niels Wittkampf
  • Juriaan van Waalwijk

More information

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