Veen
Veen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena, about 20 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch. It is infamous for its New Year's Eve tradition during which scrap cars are burnt, and in 2020 even firemen were attacked with fireworks.
- Type: Village with 2,710 residents
- Description: village in Altena, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Veen, Netherlands”
- Postal code: 4264
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hervormde Kerk and De Hoop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aalst and Poederoijen.
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Village
Veen
Latitude
51.77853° or 51° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
5.10806° or 5° 6′ 29″ east
Population
2,710
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL NEV
Open location code
9F37Q4H5+C6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Veen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Veen”
- Aragonese: “Veen”
- Arpitan: “Veen”
- Asturian: “Veen”
- Basque: “Veen”
- Bavarian: “Veen”
- Breton: “Veen”
- Catalan: “Veen”
- Cebuano: “Veen”
- Corsican: “Veen”
- Croatian: “Veen”
- Czech: “Veen”
- Danish: “Veen”
- Dutch: “Veen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤين”
- Esperanto: “Veen”
- Estonian: “Veen”
- Finnish: “Veen”
- French: “Veen”
- Friulian: “Veen”
- Galician: “Veen”
- German: “Veen”
- Hungarian: “Veen”
- Icelandic: “Veen”
- Ido: “Veen”
- Indonesian: “Veen”
- Interlingua: “Veen”
- Interlingue: “Veen”
- Irish: “Veen”
- Italian: “Veen”
- Japanese: “フェーン”
- Jèrriais: “Veen”
- Kongo: “Veen”
- Ligurian: “Veen”
- Limburgan: “Veen”
- Lithuanian: “Venas”
- Low German: “Veen”
- Luxembourgish: “Veen”
- Malagasy: “Veen”
- Malay: “Veen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Veen”
- Minangkabau: “Veen”
- Neapolitan: “Veen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Veen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Veen”
- Persian: “وین، هلند”
- Persian: “وین”
- Picard: “Veen”
- Piemontese: “Veen”
- Polish: “Veen”
- Portuguese: “Veen”
- Romanian: “Veen”
- Romansh: “Veen”
- Russian: “Вен”
- Sardinian: “Veen”
- Scots: “Veen”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Veen”
- Serbian: “Veen”
- Sicilian: “Veen”
- Slovak: “Veen”
- Slovenian: “Veen”
- Spanish: “Veen”
- Swahili: “Veen”
- Swedish: “Veen”
- Swiss German: “Veen”
- Turkish: “Veen”
- Ukrainian: “Вен”
- Venetian: “Veen”
- Vietnamese: “Veen”
- Vlaams: “Veen”
- Volapük: “Veen”
- Walloon: “Veen”
- Welsh: “Veen”
- Wolof: “Veen”
- Zulu: “Veen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Moleneind and Spijk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gereformeerde Gemeente and Hersteld Hervormde Kerk.
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Worth a closer look: Eindhoven and Breda.
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