Hugo de Groot, accompanied by his maid Elsje van Houweningen, was smuggled in the book chest to Gorinchem. Hugo walked around 12:00 dressed as a bricklayer from Gorinchem via the Land van Altena in the direction of Waalwijk. From there he left for Antwerp on the cart of a Waalwijk drayman. Hugo de Groot probably traveled from Waalwijk to Antwerp via Loon op Zand, Tilburg, Riel, Alphen, Baarle, Hoogstraten, Sint-Lenaarts, Sint-Job-In-'t-Goor and Merksem.
With this route you walk the second stage of the Hugo de Groot route, from Gorinchem to Waalwijk. Look here for the third stage, from Waalwijk to Tilburg.
Starting point
Buiten De Waterpoort 1, 4201 CS Gorinchem, The Netherlands
Follow the junctions
Church of St. John the Baptist
Sint Jansplein 2
5141 GR Waalwijk
Slijterij De Langstraat
Grotestraat 222
5141 HE Waalwijk
Stadsbrouwerij St. Crispijn
Winterdijk 10
5141 KE Waalwijk
PartyVlaai Waalwijk
Grotestraat 219
5141 JS Waalwijk
Het Huis van Waalwijk
Raadhuisplein 2
5141 KG Waalwijk
Schoenenkwartier: museum, shoe lab and knowledge center (TIP)
Raadhuisplein 1
5141 KG Waalwijk
Theater De Leest
Peace Square 12
5142 RA Waalwijk
Eatery De Galgenwiel (info point)
Mayor Smeelelaan 124
5144 NK Waalwijk
Endpoint
Grotestraat 246, 5141 HE Waalwijk, The Netherlands
