Breda connections to nearby towns and cities, Volans buses are more luxurious buses driving to Etten-Leur and Oosterhout (31x and 32x-buses), and long-distance 'Brabantliners' connecting both Gorinchem and Utrecht with Breda (401, 402). There is also one Zeelandish busline (19) which connects Breda with Hulst and Antwerp, operated by Connexxion. Breda is twinned with: Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from "brede Aa" ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified
Congress of Breda fresh congress at Aix-la-Chapelle was arranged, where all warring states would participate, to offer formal approval to the agreement between Britain and France. The peace was formally concluded with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 in which all parties participated although the terms had already been agreed in advance by Britain and France at Breda. The terms proved deeply unsatisfactory to Maria Theresa of Austria who was outraged that Austria had lost Silesia and that the British had agreed so at Breda, without any Austrians being present. In the long run, that contributed to the breakdown of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance.