Holiday apartment in Tubbergen: Culture, Art and Trails

Tubbergen combines churches and monuments with stained glass art, walking trails and a cultural landscape of meadows, ridge-and-furrow fields and heathland. This allows you to focus on different aspects when planning your trip: culture and local history, walks of varying lengths or observing the landscape in the surrounding area. When choosing a holiday apartment in Tubbergen, this combination is a useful starting point if you want to shape your daily routine between discovery and exercise yourself.

Churches and historical traces

The neo-Gothic St Pancratius Church in Tubbergen was built in 1896–1897 to a design by Alfred Tepe, next to a 16th-century west tower. The Basilica of St Pancratius has 35 stained glass windows created by artists from five generations of the Nicolas family. In 2000, Pancratius Church was elevated to the status of Basilica Minor.

The Hervormde Kerk is a simple hall church dating from 1810, with a small tower above the façade. It has a late Gothic sandstone pulpit dating from 1519. The name Schaepman also leads to a historic site: Herman Schaepman was born in De Eeshof in 1844. The lower part of Huis Enschede, also known as the Eeshof, still partly dates from the 18th century.

Walking trails of varying lengths

The 8-kilometre Tubberger Esch village circular walk starts in the centre of Tubbergen, at Raadhuisplein. The Dorpsommetje Tubbergen: Schultenwolde is a 10.5-kilometre walking trail. The different trail lengths make it easier to choose walks that fit your daily plans, without having to separate cultural and landscape experiences.

Monuments on the Tubbergse Esch

The Tubbergse Esch is home to the Dr Schaepman Monument, a statue of Mgr Dr Schaepman designed by August Falise. The monument was unveiled on 11 August 1927. The still-visible ditches of the Eeshof connect the Heinemansbeek and the Markgraven, adding a visible element of the landscape to this historic setting.

The motorcycle monument on a roundabout in Tubbergen refers to the TT of Tubbergen. It bears the names of five people—three riders and two spectators—who died during the Tubbergen road races. This means that the memory of motor racing is also among the themes you can discover in Tubbergen.

Discover stained glass art and the landscape

GLASRIJK Tubbergen is an international stained glass art festival in Overijssel, held annually. GLASRIJK in Tubbergen combines stained glass art exhibitions with workshops, music, guided tours, and cycling and hiking routes. Staying in a holiday apartment in Tubbergen therefore offers a varied choice of cultural programmes and active exploration.

The Hondenven, a geological monument and remnant of a pingo from the Ice Age, lies in the vicinity of Tubbergen. The cultural landscape there forms a mosaic of meadows, ridge-and-furrow fields and heathland; hedges, rows of trees and old paths naturally demarcate the plots. This combination makes Tubbergen particularly interesting if you want nature observation and regional history to be part of the same daily plans.

Further destinations to help you get your bearings: Reutum, Geesteren, Harbrinkhoek, Mander, Vasse, Albergen.

For the overarching travel overview: Tubbergen.