🇳🇱 Nuenen: Where Van Gogh Painted Potatoes & Poverty 🥔🎨

Just a stone’s throw from Eindhoven lies Nuenen—the unassuming Dutch village where a struggling artist named Vincent van Gogh spent two formative years (1883-1885). Here, he traded starry nights for something far grittier... 🌾 The "Potato Eaters" Era No sunflowers here. Instead: • Dark, earthy tones of peasant life • The iconic "The Potato Eaters"—his first masterpiece (though critics hated it then!) • Raw sketches of weavers, farmers, and that famous little church ⛪ 🚶 Walk in His Footsteps The village still whispers his story: His former home (now a tiny museum) The "Potato Eaters" statue 🥔 The weaver’s cottage he obsessively drew That adorable steeple he painted 21 times 💡 Why It Matters This was where Vincent found his artistic soul—before Provence, before madness, before fame. 📍 Nuenen, Netherlands (8km from Eindhoven) #VanGogh #DutchArt #HiddenNetherlands #PotatoEaters #ArtHistory #EindhovenDayTrips