Nuenen Van Gogh Walking Tour

The Potato Eaters Sculpture

Begin beside Peter Nagelkerke's life-sized bronze recreation of The Potato Eaters. An extra chair invites visitors to sit beside the figures and imagine Van Gogh observing the De Groot family while preparing his masterpiece.

Van Gogh Statue

Come face-to-face with Vincent at the statue created by Dutch artist Klaas van Rosmalen. The sculpture was unveiled in 1984 to commemorate the centenary of Van Gogh's years in Nuenen.

Nune Ville

Discover the home of Margot Begemann, Van Gogh's neighbor and romantic interest. Their intense relationship became one of the most dramatic personal stories of Vincent's years in Nuenen.

Van Gogh Vicarage

See the home where Vincent lived with his parents after arriving in Nuenen in December 1883. His father, Theodorus, served as the local Dutch Reformed minister, and the difficult relationship between father and son deeply affected Vincent during this period.

Van Gogh's First Studio

Peek toward the former laundry room behind the vicarage that became Vincent's first studio in Nuenen. He worked here until moving to a better studio in 1884 where he could more easily work with live models.

Van Gogh Village Museum

Learn more about Vincent's Brabant period through exhibits focused on his life, artistic process, and studies of peasants, hands, faces, and rural workers.

The Weaver's House

See a surviving 18th-century cottage representing the world of Nuenen's linen weavers. Van Gogh repeatedly drew and painted weavers working in cramped interiors, fascinated by their labor and disappearing way of life.

Van Gogh Monument

Visit the first monument in the Netherlands dedicated to Vincent van Gogh. Unveiled in 1932, its dark stone and radiant golden sun symbolize the contrast between his somber Nuenen work and the brilliant colors he later developed in France.

Van Gogh Church

See the church where Vincent's father preached. Van Gogh painted it in 1884 as a gift for his injured mother and later altered the work following his father's death.

De Roosdonck Windmill

Walk through the countryside to the windmill built in 1884 and depicted by Van Gogh in several sketches and drawings. It remains a working mill today.

The Potato Eaters House

Finish at the site associated with the De Groot family, whose members posed for Van Gogh while he created The Potato Eaters in 1885. Although the original farmhouse is gone, this landscape remains central to understanding his breakthrough work.