Alphen en Riel

't Zand (Dutch pronunciation: [(ə)t sɑnt]) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant, in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam. It was first mentioned in 1980 and means sand. 't Zand is a villa ward and recreational site near Alphen. There are no place name signs. It consists of about 100 houses excluding the holiday homes.In 1939, a little chapel dedicated to Saint Willibrord was erected on the Oude Maastrichtsebaan in 't Zand. According to legend, Willibrord baptised people from Alphen near a well and it turned into a site of pilgrimage. Father Binck together with the archaeologist Joan Willems set out to find the spot and discovered a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) loam well in the forest. It was restored in stone and a chapel was built on top of the well. The chapel was destroyed in 1945, and rebuilt in 1946.

Het Sas (Dutch pronunciation: [(ɦ)ət ˈsɑs]) is a hamlet in the municipality Alphen-Chaam in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located southwest of Alphen. Het Sas is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Alphen. It was first mentioned in 1838 as Het Sas, and means sluice in the river Leije. The hamlet consists of about 15 houses.

Alphen-Chaam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɑlfə(ŋ) ˈxaːm] ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands.

Riel is a village (Dutch: dorp) in the municipality of Goirle, south of Tilburg in the province of North Brabant. Until 1997 it belonged to the municipality Alphen en Riel. On the east it is bordered by the stream valley of the river Donge, on the west by the deactivated railroad Turnhout- Tilburg. Riel is a so-called esdorp. The village grew and stretched out as new enclosures took place alongside the main road. First development took place as early as in the 7th century, with a peak in the 12th century when the church stimulated the enclosure of the common grounds and development. Nowadays Riel is a commuter village. In the South and East large nature preserves are located, such as the moor "Regte Heide", also a tumulus site, "Riels Laag" and hunting ground "Hoefke". Because the stream valley cuts through moor and sandy areas, there is a considerable difference in heights.

Tilburg Reeshof is a railway station located in the Reeshof in Tilburg, Netherlands. It is situated on the Breda–Eindhoven railway. The station was opened on 14 December 2003. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Poppel is a village in the municipality of Ravels, in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. As of 2021, it was home to 3,489 people. Poppel was a municipality until 1977. Poppel borders the Dutch province of North Brabant. Poppel used to be located in a large heath area, however cultivation have transformed into forests and agricultural land. It used to be a domain of the Duchy of Brabant. In 1347, Poppel and nine other villages became part of the Land of Turnhout within Antwerp. Poppel was an independent municipality until 1977 when it was merged into Ravels.

The Reeshof (also known as Tilburg Reeshof), is a district of the municipality Tilburg in the Netherlands. The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the Reeshof the largest district of Tilburg. The Reeshof mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later.

The Tilburgs Dierenpark was a zoo at the Bredaseweg in Tilburg, Netherlands.

Gilze-Rijen Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen, IATA: GLZ, ICAO: EHGR) is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is located between the cities of Breda and Tilburg, which are both in North Brabant. The airport is mainly, but not exclusively used as a base for Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopters. The airfield has two runways, the longest one is complete with an instrument landing system (ILS) and is 2,779 metres (9,117 ft) long by 45 m (148 ft) wide in the 10/28 direction. The shorter runway (without ILS) is 1,996 m (6,549 ft) by 30 m (98 ft) in the 02/20 direction.

Goirle (pronounced [ˈɣoːrlə] ) is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Part of the suburban area of the city of Tilburg, it shares with it its phone area code and public transport system. The municipality also includes the villages of Breehees and Riel.

Tilburg University is a public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands. Tilburg University has a student population of about 19,900 students. Tilburg University has 73 Bachelors & Master's programs, of which 43 are offered in English. Tilburg University awards approximately 120 PhDs per year. In 2022, the university had 87,477 alumni.The university has a little over 2,200 FTE staff members, of which 57% are academic staff.The institution has gained a reputation in both research and education. In the field of economics, RePEc in March 2020 ranked the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration as the 23rd most productive research department in the world, and the 6th in Europe. According to the 2019 Shanghai Ranking, Tilburg University is ranked 5th in the field of Business Administration and 12th in the field of Finance worldwide. In the field of Law, Tilburg University was ranked #1 in the Netherlands for the last three years according to Elsevier Magazine.

Villa Mariënhof is a historic mansion with a garden located along the Bredaseweg in the Dutch city Tilburg. It was built between 1916 and 1918 as the residence of the family of a factory owner, and it was designed by Johan Wilhelm Hanrath. In 1986, it was inherited by Staatsbosbeheer, who first used Villa Mariënhof as an office and later rented it. The house itself, its teahouse, and the garden are rijksmonumenten.