Breda, Netherlands
Platinum
Member since
2017| Exchange dates | Duration |
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| July 15, 2025 - August 03, 2025 | 2 weeks |
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Love to go to Boston, New York. |
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A family home away from home (with car if needed)
You are most welcome in our comfy, large family home!
Our comfortable house with large garden is located on a quiet street, in a safe, green area with easy access to freeways. And there are many restaurants, supermarkets and shops within walking distance.
Our home has everything you need to feel at home:
-large open living area with plenty room to relax or play
-fully stocked and large kitchen
-a large family dining table of 3,3 meters
-3 bedrooms upstairs
-bathroom wih 2 showers
-loft with the masterbedroom and an extra room with a crosstrainer and rowling machine
-outdoor bbq, trampoline, bikes, ping pong table.
-plenty streetparking (Free)
-public swimmingpool 500meters from our house
-wifi, playststion and a cinema tv screen
-2 cars avaible
Our Family
- 2 Adults
- 3 Children
- 12 Exchanges made
Occupation
- Director of the LCB and Teammanager local authority (municipality of Gorinchem)
Our Home
- House Type: House
- Floor: 2
- Environment: In the city
- Bedrooms: 5
- Bathrooms: 1
- Sleeping Capacity: 7
- Living Area: 150 m2
- Total Area: 300 m2
References
In my house
- Pets - Not allowed
- Small children - Allowed
Exchange Types
- Home exchange
Indoor
- Free internet access
- Computer available
- Central heating
- Fireplace
- Toys and games
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Clothes dryer
- Television
- Piano
- Other musical instruments
Outdoor
- Garden
- Terrace or deck
- Balcony
- Park / playground
- BBQ
- Garage / private parking
- Bicycles: 5
Facilities
- Non-smoking house
- Seclusion/Privacy
Our Destination Wish List
- Open to any destination
- South Africa
- New York, NY, USA
Spoken Languages
- English
- Français
- Dutch
Our Neighbourhood
Nearest Airport: Eindhoven Airport - 31miles
Our home is a cosy home, in a quiet street. Within walking distance you reach shops and restaurants (see photo), but also a public swimming pool and a children's farm with playground and coffee facilitees. With your bike, you'll reach the woods in 5 minutes and if you like hiking, there is plenty of beautiful area within walking distance. And don't forget our old historical city center! We have been chosen the best city center of the Netherlands in 2020.
For kids Breda has a lot to offer and you can reach everything by bike: playground Ploegstraat, ice skating, skatebording, indoor playgrounds, bowling, mini lego world and swimming indoor and outdoor, rent a boat and sail along the canals with the whole family.
A must of Breda is the location close(30 minutes by car) to the Efteling (www.efteling.com), the largest theme park in the Netherlands. A unique park, open everyday of the year.
Twenty minutes drive from here, you can visit park de Beekse Bergen (www.beeksebergen.nl), which is a Safari park wit a mega playground.
And don't forget Antwerp, the Antwerp Zoo is magnificant (www.zooantwerpen.be/en/) and 45 minutes from our home.
Breda is located near the Belgian border, so Antwerp center is 45 minutes by car. Easy access to the freeways brings you in 30 minutes to Rotterdam center and it is 69 miles to Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam). If you choose the public transport, Breda has a lot to offer. With a big, modern, central trainstation, you can reach a lot of interesting places. The station is 15 minutes from our home by bike. A taxi to the station is €20,--
Breda is located in the Province of Brabant (www.visitbrabant.nl/en).
Brabant has attractive nature reserves. Four National Parks like the Biesbosch (see photo). Brabant countryside invites you to walk, to go orse riding and to cycle. We offer Europe's longest integrated cycle network.
Brabant had a lot places to go to: Eindhoven for example, that's the design hotspot of our region. But our province has also a lot of well preserved century old towns with historical monuments, city walls, cathedrals, castles (Heeswijk) and fortifications (Heusden).
Occupation
- Director of the LCB and Teammanager local authority (municipality of Gorinchem)
Children
- Girl - Age: 12
- Boy - Age: 14
- Boy - Age: 17
Pets
- We do not have pets.
About Our Family
We are a family of 5: Mirjam & Daan (parents), Job (15),Noud (12) and Frederieke (10).We bought our home in 2015, It is located very close to the woods, in a quiet street and only 20 minutes (on bike) away from the city center of Breda.
Daan is director of a logistic community (LCB) and Mirjam works at the city of Gorinchem. We like to travel and we look forward hosting other good families on their travels!
References
This member has completed 12 home exchanges. Those referenced below may contain feedback/impression from its exchange partners:
Bilbo, Spain
ES1001659La comunicación con la familia fue siempre muy fluida y la casa tenía todas las características que se anunciaban.
La casa estaba bien localizada en un lugar tranquilo.
Chaponnay, France
FR50642The exchange with the family Van de Wijgert was wonderful. Every went well for the communication before the exchange and for the organization.
We found the house in perfect condition and it was exactly like the announcement.
They left us toys and bike seats for our girls, which was very nice. We strongly recommend them for any exchange, you will love it!
Bemmel, Netherlands
NL8654Het is een fijne plek, comfortabel huis en Breda heeft ons ook als stad verrast.
St. Petersburg, USA
US51212Such a lovely family. We were delighted with the exchange experience. I was a true pleasure to host the family. Our hone was spotless upon our return. We were treated with kindness and compassion and respect. This was a truly life changing experience. We would love to exchange again. We keep in touch as friends.
