The Dommel is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands, left tributary of the Dieze.

The main cities and towns along the Dommel's course are Peer, Neerpelt, Valkenswaard, Dommelen, Eindhoven, Son en Breugel, Sint-Oedenrode, Boxtel, Sint-Michielsgestel and 's-Hertogenbosch.

[3] C. 1865, the water board diverted the Dommel through the western city moat of 's-Hertogenbosch and made a sluice in the left dyke of the Dieze.

On its course it drops 75 m. Just west of Peer, the Dommel flows through the small nature reserve Mullemer Bemden, where it is joined by the Kleinbeek.

The Mullemer Bemden is part of the preserve 'Valley of the Dommel and Bollisserbeek' which stretches till west of Kleine Brogel.

The Dommel first flows through the nature reserve Hageven, and then passes the Dutch border, south of Schaft.

This stretch of the Dommel ends at the Venberg Watermill (Venbergse Molen) south of Valkenswaard.

This also the end of the popular canoe trips, that start just north of the Bocholt-Herentals canal in Belgium.

It then flows between Waalre and Veldhoven before it reaches the south west tip of the Eindhoven municipality.

An exception is the new pedestrian bridge near the Van Abbemuseum, and the new extension of this museum which juts out into the Dommel.

The most original part and natural state of the Dommel can be found between Eindhoven and Boxtel.

[2] The stretch forms a cultural-historical and valuable landscape area that is part of the Het Groene Woud.

It (used to) consist of regularly flooded low-lying meadows used to grow hay, and higher situated "bolakkers" (high fields), where cereals were cultivated.

Before the introduction of the steam engine however, river ships were much smaller, and navigation was economically viable between Boxtel and 's-Hertogenbosch.

In 1859, a ship loaded with stone and Gravel sank on the Aa near Sint-Michielsgestel while en route to Boxtel.

The Dommel reaches the southern tip of the city center on its eastern side.

The connection from the Dommel to the city moat was made by digging about 100 m to the west from that point.

The 1864 Dommel then turns north to run along the west side of the city center.

If the water level on Dommel and Aa is high, this canal is actually the main discharge of both.

The second are the post millennial works to restore the fortifications, and to make the Dommel an ecological connection zone.

The Wilhelminabrug connects to the station and is heavily decorated with often neglected post war sculptures.