Deurne Voyage Tips and guide

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Deurne is a town in the eastern part of the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. Surrounded by nature reserves such as the Peel, the historic town and municipality have some typical southern Netherlands charm.

The municipality consists of multiple smaller towns and villages, Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant and Helenaveen, as well as several former pendant villages and parishes such as the Sint-Jozefparochie, Zeilberg en Walsberg. Most of these towns are surrounded by farms. Pig farming is especially big in the municipality, but farming in general can be more diverse.

Deurne borders directly with the Limburg province. In 2021, it was home to 32,000 people.

By the 13th century there were numerous settlements in what we would now call Deurne. At around the same time other villages in the municipality formed such as Vlierden and Liessel. The people in Deurne have historically largely made their living by agriculture.

During the 19th century the there was an increased need in peat from the nearby Peel. Out of this need multiple villages formed including Neerkant and Helenaveen.

Deurne was also home to Hub van Doorne who kickstarted the Dutch car industry with his 'Van Doorne's Automobielfabriek' better known by its acronym, DAF. As a result, there's a statue of him and his wife, near the center of town.

• VVV Deurne, Kerkstraat 2c, ☏ +31 493 323 655, [email protected]. Tu W Th F 10:00-17:00, Sa 10:00-16:00. For ticket sales, routes, gift cards, local and regional products, cycling or walking trails in the Peel. 

Deurne has one station which is served by sprinters and by intercity trains in the directions of Venlo and Eindhoven. The closest other stations are Helmond Brouwhuis in one direction and Horst-Sevenum in the other direction.

The N270 goes from Eindhoven through Deurne and ends up in Well near the German border.

The main bus operator in the region is Bravo, but you can also see Arriva buses departing and arriving which mainly target the Limburg province.

There are numerous bus lines available and 9292^{[dead link]} is a good website to check schedules

Map of Deurne

• 51.4697225.8027781 Ruins of the Groot Kasteel (great castle). Destroyed during the end of World War II, this former castle has since served many different purposes such as a teahouse and now a nightclub.  
• 51.4589835.7961192 Museum de Wieger. Tuesday-Sunday 12:00-17:00. A museum about the early 20th-century expressionist artist Hendrik Wiegersma with many paintings by other contemporaries which he collected. Adult €10.50, students €5, child up to 12 years free. (updated Jan 2025)

The international telephone country code for the Netherlands is 31, the area code for Deurne is 0493. If dialling from abroad, use +31 but then leave out the 0 in the area code.

Postal offices have largely disapeared in the Netherlands but orange-coloured postboxes are available in and around the centre of the town.