What this site is
Oisterwijk.org is an independent online guide to the village of Oisterwijk in North Brabant, the wider municipality of four villages, and the nature reserves that surround them. The site exists to answer the practical question — what is Oisterwijk and how do I visit it well? — in more depth than a typical regional tourist site, and without the commercial pressures that shape most travel writing.
What it isn't
It is not run by the municipality of Oisterwijk. It is not run by Visit Brabant or any official tourist organisation. It is not run by a hotel, a restaurant group or a theme park. It does not sell tickets, accept paid placements, or run sponsored content. The recommendations are the same whether or not someone bought us coffee.
How it's made
The site is static — pure HTML, CSS and a minimal amount of JavaScript. Maps are rendered with Leaflet on OpenStreetMap tiles. There is no tracking, no analytics beyond what is operationally necessary, and no advertising on the page that gets in your way.
The content is written from a mix of long familiarity with the village and careful research of the historical and natural facts. We try to be specific where we can — the year the railway opened, the founding date of KVL, the names of the fens — and conservative where we can't. If a price, opening time or operator's name might have changed, we describe character and category rather than asserting current specifics.
Accuracy and updates
We aim to keep the site accurate over the long term. Some types of information change quickly — restaurant menus, hotel prices, event programmes — and we deliberately don't tie the site to those moving parts. Major facts (dates, monuments, geography) we try to verify against authoritative sources. If you spot an error of fact, please send us a note via the contact details below.
What we use as sources
- Local history publications and the municipal archives for dates and events.
- Natuurmonumenten materials for the reserve's history and ecology.
- Architectural records (rijksmonumenten register) for monument details.
- Direct experience — many of the recommendations come from regular use of the village over years.
- Brabant cultural and visitor publications for context.
Bilingual mirror
Every page on the English site has a Dutch equivalent at /nl/. The two versions are written separately rather than translated literally — Dutch readers get prose tuned to local idiom, while English-language readers get the same content with British spelling and a touch more explanation of Dutch context. If you find a content drift between the two, the Dutch is the local reference.
Privacy
The site does not set tracking cookies, does not run third-party analytics that profile readers and does not pass any data on to advertisers. Map tiles are served from OpenStreetMap. Fonts are served from Google Fonts; if you object to that connection, your browser's preferences can block them without affecting the site's readability.
Contact
Corrections, additions and suggestions are welcome. The site does not handle bookings, ticket sales or operator-side enquiries; those should go directly to the operators concerned.
Credits
Design and writing in-house. Maps from OpenStreetMap contributors via Leaflet. Typefaces: Fraunces (display) and Mukta (body) via Google Fonts. The header tree silhouette is a custom SVG.
License
© 2026 Oisterwijk.org. Text and original design rights reserved; please don't copy wholesale. Short quotations with attribution and links are fine. Underlying map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors.