Smuggling route Luyksgestel

Discover Nellie's smuggling past with this 28-kilometre cycle route.The route starts in the cosy centre of Luyksgestel and takes you past the highest natural point in North Brabant before crossing the border and the canal towards the Belgian town of Lommel. Afterwards, try to cross back across the border unseen past the customs house and cycle down the smuggling path to outsmart the customs officers. In the centre of Luyksgestel, watch out for the crow's feet and finish your bike ride with a nice snack and drink on the terrace.

Nellie from Luyksgestel looks back on her smuggling past. She started innocently at a young age smuggling packets of butter to earn a sweet. But later in life, smuggling became a necessity for daily maintenance. Together with her little brother Toon and his friends, Nellie devised various schemes to get butter and cigarettes across the border. For her little brother Toon, this was not enough. He decided to get a calf across the border on his own, but was caught and had to spend several weeks in jail. Nellie absolutely did not want this to happen again and made sure from then on that she would make the plan from now on. But is it still so innocent? Or does it go from bad to worse?

Want even more experience? On the Visit Brabant website, discover the exciting story of Nellie's smuggling past with images and video material. To do so, click on this link.

Visit Luyksgestel and Bergeijk
The Luyksgestel Village Council was established in 1999 with the aim of improving the quality of life in the village. Among other things, the village council is committed to various cultural activities. Smokkelroute Luyksgestel is an initiative of the Luyksgestel Village Council in cooperation with the municipality of Bergeijk. Several monuments and places in Luyksgestel and Lommel are reminiscent of the smuggling past.