Private Tour
Eindhoven: E-Fatbike Tour In The Footsteps of Vincent van Gogh
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Discover on your own on an E-Fatbike the area where Vincent Van Gogh made a quarter of his works and experience for yourself the places he painted and sketched. In some places you literally 'walk' through the painting. You follow the route
This individual tour has been developed in collaboration with the Van Gogh Village museum (included) in Nuenen and you follow his footsteps in Eindhoven and Nuenen. Of course, the place where he made one of his most famous works 'The Potato Eaters' is not missing. You will also see the beautiful Van Gogh church opposite the place where he posted his letters to Theo.
You make this 35 km tour on a robust, urban and tough E-Fatbike. By using slow motion movements without applying force, you can reach a speed of up to 25 km per hour. Explore the area that Van Gogh loved so much using a web app as a guide. A driver's license and a helmet are not necessary, but some cycling experience is recommended.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
St. Catharine's Church
See the church which Van Gogh painted and sketched several times
Centraal Station Eindhoven
From the old location of Anton Kerssemakers' house you can see how Van Gogh painted 'the old station' and 'a Sunday in Eindhoven'
What‘s Included
Web app in Dutch and translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Japanese
Bad luck on the road service
Full battery/accumulator
Extensive instruction in which technique and safety are discussed
Entrance to the museum including audio system in the museum
Full day E-Fatbike rental
Phone holder on your handlebar
Own personal expenses
Mobile phone and internet data
Headphones to listen to the information in the web app (instead of reading)
Excess deductible up to €500 (optional) for €4.95 per E-Fatbike
Options
Van Gogh Tour with E-Fatbike
E-Fatbike: It takes no effort at all to cover long distances. Only slow motion pedaling is sufficient without applying force.
Reviews
11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Highly recommended, full day tour
hannabL6440GY,,Sep 15, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The service was great and clear! Riding on the Fatbikes was also an amazing experience. Many great locations and descriptions on the website. However, the website design could have been clearer and more user friendly to provide a smoother experience for the user. Make sure to reserve an entire day for this experience.
Wonderfull
Mark F,,Aug 31, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00This was a great experience pedaling my way through the vast Beauty countryside and small towns. Wonderfull time! I recommend it for anyone visiting Eindhoven!
Marcel was a most generous and gracious host. He assisted two elderly people to complete the tour. I would highly recomm
robert m,,May 31, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was a great learning tour loaded with insight. He helped us to have a complete experience of the tour and guided us to high points of interest. I was more than satisfied with the tour.
Cool Bikes
angelakanters,,Sep 10, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00It was a super fun City Tour through Eindhoven. In the beginning, it takes some getting used to cycling without resistance. We did not find the website with reference to the route map very useful to use. It might be better to make an app yourself or put the route on Komoot, for example. A really nice experience! Good service and the fat bike looked neat. Recommended!
Amazing tour of Van Gogh, Eindhoven. And surrounding areas.
SueH1664,,Aug 27, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an awesome tour! Great bike lanes, and interesting sights to see. The museum tour brought it all to life.
Hi Tech - Bye Tech
stevenjN1893JK,,Jul 15, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00If you are really tech savvy, and apps are more your thing than caps and baps, then you might like this. I didn't receive any info about how to get the app that you need for the tour, and eventually spoke to someone who basically made out that I had received the emails etc and it was all my fault. Eventually sorted the tech problem and rode the tour, which was ok. The first part, in the city was pretty useless to be honest, I couldn't find most of the things we were supposed to be looking for, and the tour sends you through a no-bicycle part of the city, where we were told off by police for riding! In a friendly way though. The cost was ridiculous. The bike hire place were really helpful by trying to sort out the tech part of the trip, but they're nothing to do with that side of things, they only supply the bikes. The bike hire could have been done for 9 euros a day but it cost us about 45 euros all in. I wouldn't recommend. Just do what we did on the subsequent days, hire a bike and make up your own route. Much less reliant on tech, and less stressful.
Wow, wow, wow
265bjornd,,Jun 18, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Super friendly received, very helpful and welcoming . Beautifully mapped out tour in the for our most bike-friendly decor in the Benelux. Highly recommended, combo sightseeing and nature. One word : enjoy .
Visiting some significant places in history.
shony13,,May 27, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a way to see some of the most beautiful country around Eindhoven!! This was a great self guided tour that was really easy to do via your phone. It was just amazing to put yourself in the same places as the great Van Gogh. While I’m not an arty kinda person, it made me appreciate Van Gogh’s work and have since researched him some more. Don’t let the 29km bike ride put you off, it’s flat all the way and very easy! Being a little unorganised I booked a day before but realising it was for the following week. I contacted Simone the organiser and she made it all happen for the following day! We did the tour with bike rental. The whole process was so easy. Both myself and my partner throughly enjoyed this tour and would recommend it!
Pleasant day to bike
H3076LHjanetl,,Sep 4, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Fun biking in such a bike friendly country. Paths are everywhere and well maintained. First Link to route sent in email didn’t work. Had to request the password. Restaurant at windmill wasn’t aware of our visit for included coffee and cake but they did honor the offer eventually.
A very pleasant day
Gordon766,,Jul 28, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00The tour is self-guided using a web app and takes you to more than 30 different locations related to the life of Van Gogh in Eindhoven and Nuenen. At each site there is a commentary you can read on the web app and once you are ready to move on you can click for directions and are taken to a specially marked route on google maps. Some of the locations have landmarks still in existence ( such as watermills that feature on Van Gogh paintings and the houses were acquaintances), others are merely the place where something once stood. The stops vary in interest, but since you are going at your own pace, you can simply move on if you find a particular stop less interesting. The cycling is easy and very pleasant - pretty much all on cycle paths. The tour includes cake and coffee at a very pleasant cafe near one of the watermills. Near the watermill before that ( at Kollen) is also a great restaurant to stop for lunch ( not included) - It's called d'n kleine dommel. You can also get a version of the tour where cycle hire is included. We could not find this on Tripadvisor, nor actually on the website for the actual provider. - probable there, but not easily searchable. We ended up finding it on Get Your Guide. The tour could be dramatically improved with better commentary. The commentary is at times OK, at times disconnected, at times containing random details that are of little interest. You can always skim over the details, though organising things with a summary with links to extra details where you can click what you are interested in would be an improvement. The biggest improvement though would be to the quality of writing. The writing is dull and sometimes the English is very unnatural. With an updated commentary this would be an excellent tour for Van Gogh fans.
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Operated by City Tours Eindhoven