USEFUL INFORMATION Artothèque Van Gogh’s House Cuesmes Rue Claude de Bettignies 1, Rue du Pavillon, 3 7000 Mons 7000 Mons +32 (0) 65 40 53 80 +32 (0) 65 35 56 11 [email protected] [email protected] www.artotheque.mons.be www.maisonvangogh.mons.be Open Tuesday to Sunday Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm from 10 am to 4 pm Prices : €6 / €4 / €3 / €2 Prices: €4 / €3 / €1 Van Gogh’s House Wasmes The Marcasse Site Rue Wilson, 221 - 7340 Wasmes Sentier de Saint-Ghislain, 7 +32 (0) 65 88 74 88 7340 Colfontaine Open every weekend Advance booking on from 10 am to 4 pm +32 (0) 474 17 64 64 On reservation only Price : €2 Pass Van Gogh: €8 for ac- cess to the following sites: • The Van Gogh’House in PASS, Scientific Adventure Park both Cuemes and Wasmes Rue de Mons , 3 • The Marcasse site 7080 Frameries • Artothèque +32 (0) 65 61 21 60 • Day bicycle hire at the start [email protected] point at visitMons www.pass.be FOLLOWING BICYCLE HIRE POINTS AND CONTACT THE FOOTSTEPS OF visitMons Traditional bicycle Grand-Place, 27 2h = €5 , 4h = €8 , 24h = €10 7000 Mons Electric bicycle VINCENT VAN GOGH +32 (0)65 33 55 80 2h = €10 , 4h= €16, 24h = €20 [email protected] www.visitmons.co.uk Open 7 days/week IN THE BORINAGE PARTNERS EXPERIENCED CYCLISTS level 3 distance 40km #vhello vhello @vhello With the financial support of the Hainaut Province : ©UTOPIX-VHELLO - Photos 2019 de Mons - Édition de la Région E.R. : Maison du Tourisme STARTING POINT visitMons, Grand-Place 27 - 7000 Mons MAP KEY CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE UNPAVED ROAD PAVERS ROUTE DESCRIPTION From the Grand Place de Mons to Cuesmes 11 62 50 67 76 85 54 70 via the former Marcasse colliery in Colfontaine, explore Mons-Borinage and the different loca- tions where Vincent van Gogh use to live and 67 76 78 43 12 15 6 2 work in the region. It was during his time in the Borinage and Mons that Vincent van Gogh moved from a career as a preacher to an artist. CYCLE NODES 62 11 It was here that he developed a preference for the motifs of the daily lives of farmers and la- bourers..