Breda best city centre

The city centre of Breda will be ‘the best of The Netherlands’ for the next two years. This article caught my eye immediately when I saw today’s newspaper. The article was even on the front page. Of course I always knew that Breda had a lovely city centre, and that the atmosphere was laid back and typically ‘Brabants’, but the fact that we actually left the cities of The Hague and Maastricht behind us makes me feel proud. Especially since Maastricht has for many and many years been seen as the city with the best town centre.

The article in the newspaper states that the fact that Breda won this election can give the city of Breda an enormous economical impulse. Of course that is a very good thing, and a very interesting thing to read, but I think that for most people from Breda and the surrounding villages it is mainly the acknowledgement of their city as being ‘the best’ that makes them smile. Of course we are all aware of the fact that our victory here will lead to more tourism, since people will want to see the ‘best city centre’ with their own two eyes. And we are also aware that Breda has a very good location between a couple of motorways and is therefore a very attractive city to start a business venture in.

For me personally the winning of Breda gives me an extra reason to promote Breda. I can now actually say that we have the best city of the country, without lying of being too subjective. Our city has been chosen out of three cities as the best. And what makes it even more fun for me, is that my mom is from Maastricht and we always have discussions about which of the two cities, Breda or Maastricht, is the better city. Well mom, there you go, Breda won the competition and will be the best city for the next two years.