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Finding Van Gogh in Nuenen

One cannot visit the Netherlands without coming across Vincent Van Gogh, there is even a museum named after him.  On my second day in the Netherlands, my aunt, Karen Limkeman, and I went to a little city outside of Eindhoven called Nuenen.  Nuenen, a village where Van Gogh’s father had a Parish from 1882-1885, is small and did not show up on my aunt’s Tom Tom.  Neunen is home to a small museum called the Van Goghdocumentatiecentrum filled with objects that Van Gogh painted and information on his life in the small city.  The museum also provided a map that one could f...