Tilburg is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant.
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19 Facts About Tilburg
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Tilburg University is located in Tilburg, as are Avans University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences.
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In 2009 Tilburg hosted several festivities in celebration of 200 years as a city.
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Tilburg grew around one of the so-called "herd places" or "Frankish triangles", triangular plots where a number of roads met.
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Tilburg Centrum is the downtown of Tilburg, and is situated between the Spoorlaan, Heuvelring, Paleisring, Schouwburgring and Noordhoekring, which is the same as the order of the one-way roads around the district.
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Many important locations in Tilburg are located within the district, just out of the center, such as 013 music venue and the Schouwburg built in 1961.
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Tilburg-Zuid is located between the A58 motorway and the Ringbaan Zuid, and is the southernmost district.
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Tilburg agglomeration has the following religious makeup as of 2003:.
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Economy was concentrated on wool industry for centuries since the 1960s, Tilburg has made more progress in having different kinds of industries, supported by the government to save the city from poverty after the decline of wool industry.
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The 'Waalwijk-Tilburg' region has been in the logistics hotspots top 3 within the Netherlands for years now and finished third in 2017.
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Higher education is of significant importance, with Tilburg University attracting scholars from all over the world.
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Tilburg is one of the best cities for exchange students to have great experience in the Netherlands.
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Tilburg is the location of the Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, part of the Fontys Hogescholen.
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The School originated from the merging of various educational institutions that had existed in different capacity in Tilburg before being united under the Fontys group, such as the Brabants Conservatorium, one of the nine conservatoires in the Netherlands, and the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming.
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Tilburg is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the EU Intercultural cities programme.
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Tilburg has an outstanding museum of Modern Art, De Pont, which houses works from renowned artists such as Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor and Richard Serra.
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Tilburg offers, in comparison to other top-ten cities in the Netherlands, the most forest area.
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Tilburg Ten Miles is an annual road running competition held in Tilburg.
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The hockey team Tilburg Trappers dominated the Eredivisie for years before moving to the Oberliga, the third tier of ice hockey in Germany.
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