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At Loods20, you can visit two museums in one go: the EDAH Museum and the Draaiorgelmuseum. What did a supermarket look like in the past when cold cuts were still weighed for you, and hand scanners hadn't been invented yet? And how beautiful and detailed is an old barrel organ up close?

In Helmond-Noord, you can visit the Jan Visser Museum. Here, you'll learn more about agricultural history. You can see the materials that butchers, blacksmiths, and shoemakers used in the past. The museum also regularly hosts events such as stamp pot days, bread baking days, and pancake days.

A floppy disk, the buzzing sound of a modem, black screens with green letters—does this ring a bell? This museum features different rooms set up according to specific time periods, complete with computers from those eras. And you can actually use them! It’s an outing that appeals to both young and old alike.

In Helmond-Noord, you can easily transition from the residential area to the natural and walking area of De Bundertjes. If you take a longer route, you'll pass along the 'Koeienpad' (translated to 'Cow road' the local name for the path where, as you might guess, Scottish Highlanders graze in the field during the season). Are you up for adventure or do you prefer sticking to the beaten path? And while you're in the area, you can also light a candle at the Chapel of Binderen.

The Stiphoutse Bossen is the name of a large nature reserve located on the border of the three municipalities of Helmond, Laarbeek, and Nuenen. It is known for its many ponds, such as Hoolven, Wasven, and Kamersven. The latter is the largest and, although often dry, is a beautiful open space in the quietest part of the forest. There are several marked walking routes from Helmond that start at the parking lot halfway along the Gerwen-Stiphout road.

You can wander endlessly through this area, as it is so vast. It used to be part of Bakel and Milheeze, but nowadays it is surrounded by the Helmond neighborhoods of Rijpelberg and Dierdonk. The forest mainly consists of Scots pines and other coniferous trees. And while you keep up the pace, the blackbirds and blue tits will be chirping away around you. Watch where you walk, as mountain bikers have their own trails here.