The best city hikes and walks around Oude Maasje

You wouldn't guess it, but this very spot once housed the Waalwijk train station. The only remaining reminder of the station is the statue you're standing in front of: "Waving Woman with Child." The bronze statue depicts a mother and child waving goodbye to their father, the traveling salesman, as he sets off with his homemade shoes to sell them in the big city.

You wouldn't say it, but this is exactly where the station of Waalwijk once stood. The only memory that remains of the station is the statue you are standing in front of: 'waving woman with child'. The bronze statue shows a mother and child who together wave goodbye to father the traveling salesman at the train.

The Sacred Heart statue in Waalwijk was erected by the Catholics in gratitude for the fact that the place had been spared during the First World War. It was made in the Atelier Van Bokhoven and Jonkers in Den Bosch. On 5 April 1920, Easter Monday, Holy Communion was held in the morning in both parish churches.

The foundation DichterBijWaalwijk has existed since December 2016. It is an initiative of poets Marian Mahieu-Stokwielder and Thieu Mertens who felt that more could be done in the field of poetry in the municipality of Waalwijk. The idea was to bring poets together and offer a stage and to involve people as broadly as possible in DichterBijWaalwijk. Source and more information: brabantcultureel.nl

The town of Oisterwijk had had tanneries for many years. In this context, the Lederfabriek van Oisterwijk was founded by Mr. O.J. van der Aa. In 1920, the company was taken over by the leather concern of the Adler and Oppenheimer families. After the Second World War, the company mainly produced cowhide. A period of mergers and takeovers began. In 1966, the company was taken over by the Hagemeyer conglomerate. In 1970, Hagemeyer also took over the Koninklijke Chroomlederfabriek De Amstel in Waalwijk. Both companies were merged in 1974 and were given the name Koninklijke Verenigde Leder (KVL). In the meantime, the leather industry started to deteriorate, and in the 1990s, losses piled up. The company was closed in 2000. In 2004, Koninklijke Verenigde Leder was declared bankrupt. Source and more information: Wikipedia

Nice statue that refers to the old railway history of Waalwijk.

Really worth a visit to this church.

You wouldn't say it, but the Waalwijk station once stood on this exact spot. The only memory left of the station is the statue in front of you: 'waving woman with child'. The bronze statue shows a mother and child waving goodbye to father the traveling salesman at the train. He goes out with his homemade shoes to sell them in the big city. The statue is a tribute to the shoemakers from Waalwijk who played an important role in the development of the region. If you look closely, you will see that the pedestal on which the statue stands resembles a piece of a platform. The work was presented to the residents of the city in March 2014 on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lions Club Waalwijk and was made by Astrid Koppen.