Learn Dutch in Breda, Netherlands

Breda, a peaceful city at the confluence of two rivers, the Aa and the Mark, is located in the region of North Brabant, in the south of Holland. It was a long time ago that Breda, during the Eighty Years' War in the 17th century, achieved fame by resisting the siege of the Spanish, driven by their king, Philip VI.

This act of bravery was immortalised on the canvas of Valásquez, called "The Surrender of Breda", painted around ten years after the event. And it was again in Breda that the treaty, which put a definitive end, on the 23rd July 1667, to the Second Anglo-Dutch War, was signed. With these war events belonging a distant past, today, the inhabitants of Breda like to emphasise that it is in a perfect calm that their life takes place in this city of unquestionable attractions! The inhabitants have seen a diversified industry establish itself there. Breda is also the headquarters of various legal and adminstrative organisations. Its old town is of timeless beauty, dominated by the 15th century church, and combines the large Market Square with the magnificent buildings which line it and in which numerous cafés and restaurants, offering a warm welcome, are housed. The proximity of Belgium is appreciated by all visitors who like visiting this neighbouring country, just as much a kingdom. Discovering Dutch cities as exciting as Rotterdam and Amsterdam, departing from Breda, is possible in a day. The harmonious scenery of the De Biesbosch national park, only a few kilometres away, will allow you to get close to virgin nature, which is indivisible from the sea which invades the land whilst benefitting from a tender complicity with humans. The ancient cities of the South of Holland have this particular spirit of jovial goodwill in common which will inspire you also in the discovery of their language.