36 Sights in Maastricht, Netherlands (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Maastricht, Netherlands! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Maastricht. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in MaastrichtActivities in Maastricht1. Helpoort
The Hell Gate, formerly known as Jekerpoort, Hoogbruggepoort, Alde Poort op den Ancker, Kruittorenpoort or De Twee Torens, is a former city gate in the Dutch city of Maastricht. The gate is part of the first city wall of Maastricht and is located in the Jekerkwartier at the southern end of the Sint Bernardusstraat, opposite the Pesthuys. The gate dates from the second quarter of the 13th century, making it the oldest surviving city gate in the Netherlands.
2. Kasteel Borgharen
Borgharen Castle is a medieval castle located on the river Maas in the village of Borgharen in the north of the municipality of Maastricht. The castle, the castle farm, the tenant farm and the gardens, including various gates, fences, quay walls and bridges, form a cluster of national monuments. The castle is part of the Geul & Maas country estate.
3. Kasteel Vaeshartelt
Vaeshartelt Castle is a medieval castle and estate in the Meerssenhoven neighborhood in the northwest of the Dutch municipality of Maastricht. The country estate was briefly owned by the royal family of the Netherlands and has been used as a hotel and conference centre since 1994. The partly 18th, partly 19th-century castle with its park and farmlands is a national monument and part of the Buitengoed Geul & Maas.
4. Basiliek van het H. Sacrament
The Basilica of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Bartholomew's Basilica or Basilica of Meerssen is a Roman Catholic church building in Meerssen, Dutch Limburg. The parish church is dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Apostle Bartholomew and was elevated to basilica minor by Pope Pius XI on June 16, 1938. The church is an example of mature Maas Gothic and is considered the pinnacle of this style in the Netherlands. The building has been a national monument since 1967.
5. Sint-Martinuskerk
St. Martin's Church is a neo-Gothic church building in the Dutch city of Maastricht. The building by architect Pierre Cuypers is located in the historic district of Wyck, between the Rechtstraat and the river Maas. The church is one of four Roman Catholic parish churches in the center of Maastricht and is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. The originally medieval church houses the thirteenth-century statue of the Black Christ van Wyck, one of the popular devotions of Maastricht.
6. La Petite Suisse
Mariënwaard is a street and a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Maastricht, located in the northern part of the Maastricht-Oost district. In the hamlet there are a few ordinary houses and two country estates: La Grande Suisse and Villa Kanjel. These two estates are depicted several times in the Album dedié a mes amis et mes enfants, which Petrus Regout, the former owner, had made in Paris around 1863. They are now part of the Buitengoed Geul & Maas estate zone, and are collectively referred to as 'Mariënwaard Estate' – sometimes only in relation to La Grande Suisse. The name Mariënwaard is also associated with a defunct railway station and a viaduct from 2012.
7. Heilig Hart van Jezuskerk (Koepelkerk)
The Koepelkerk, officially Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, is a monumental domed church in the Dutch city of Maastricht. The church building is located a stone's throw from Maastricht Station on the corner of Scharnerweg and Heerderweg in Wyckerpoort in Maastricht-East. The church has been used from the beginning as a Roman Catholic parish church of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since 2021, the building has also housed an Eritrean Orthodox religious community.
8. Sint-Matthiaskerk
St. Matthias' Church, also known as St. Matthew's, is a Gothic church building in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht, located on the Boschstraat in the Boschstraatkwartier. The church is one of the four Roman Catholic parish churches in the center of Maastricht and is dedicated to the holy apostle Matthias.
9. Buitengoed Slavante | Grand Café
Slavante is an area, also a street, on the eastern slope of the Sint-Pietersberg in the Dutch municipality of Maastricht. The area is best known for the Grand-Café Buitengoed Slavante, formerly Casino Slavante, a former country club from 1846. The tavern also includes the remains of a 17th-century monastery, the baroque St. Anthony's Chapel, a vineyard, the Slavante Cellars and the entrance to the underground limestone quarries Zonneberg and Slavante. To the south of the tavern used to be the main entrance Three Gates of the Slavante corridor system; just north of it are the Cave House De Kluis and the Cave House Greetje Blanckers. The high-lying area offers a view over the river Maas and part of the Meuse valley. There is a jetty for tour boats on the Meuse.
10. Kasteel Meerssenhoven
Meerssenhoven Castle is a castle-like country estate in the northeast of the Dutch municipality of Maastricht. The 18th-century building complex with its park has been preserved in pristine condition and has formed a group of twelve national monuments since 2002. The estate in the Meerssenhoven neighborhood east of Itteren is part of the Buitengoed Geul & Maas.
11. Stadspark Maastricht
Maastricht City Park is a city park on the outskirts of the city centre of the Dutch city of Maastricht. The park consists of a series of sub-parks, which were created in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries and each has its own atmosphere. The design of the park is largely determined by the presence of the fortifications of Maastricht.
12. Waalse kerk
The Walloon Church, also known as the French Church, is a church building in the austere Baroque style in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht. The church is located on the Sint Pietersstraat in the Jekerkwartier, diagonally opposite the Old Friars Minor Church.
13. Kerk van de Allerheiligste Verlosser en H. Petrus
The church of Sint-Pieter Boven, officially church of the Most Holy Savior and H. Petrus, also known as Sint Pieter on the Berg, was a Roman Catholic Church built in 1875 in Neo-Gothic style, located in the Maastricht Sint Pieter district. The church is used by the Sint-Pieter parish, just like the Church Sint-Pieter Down. The Sint-Pieter church upstairs is a national monument.
14. IJzeren Molen
The IJzeren Molen, also called Nieuwe Molen or Rothemermolen, is a watermill on a tributary of the Geul, called the Kleine Geul or Geulke, in Rothem, in the municipality of Meerssen. The Iron Mill is part of the Geul & Maas estate, formerly known as the Maastricht-Meerssen Estate Zone. The mill is a national monument.
15. Motte De Tombe
The Tomb is an early medieval motte on the Sint-Pietersberg in the south of the Dutch municipality of Maastricht. The remnant of the motte is located along the Van Schaikweg on the west flank of the Sint-Pietersberg on the edge of the ENCI forest. To the west of the motte is the Quarry de Tombe and to the south of the motte is the ENCI forest.
16. Jezuïetenberg
The Jezuïetenberg is a former marl quarry in the Cannerberg in the municipality of Maastricht. In the period 1880-1967, the Jesuits used the quarry for relaxation, creating many works of art in the form of drawings, sculptures and water works. This quarry has had the status of a national monument since 1998.
17. Sint-Petruskerk
The Church of St. Peter Downstairs, officially St. Peter's Church, is a church building built in 1938-39 in the Dutch city of Maastricht, located on Sint Maternusstraat in the Villapark neighborhood. The building is used by the Roman Catholic parish of St. Peter, which has another parish church: the higher church of St. Peter's upstairs. The marlstone church was designed by the well-known architect Frits Peutz as an early Christian basilica and has been a national monument since 1993.
18. Augustijnenkerk
The Augustijnenkerk is a Baroque church building in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht, located on the Kesselskade along the river Maas. The church was built in the 17th century as a monastery church for the Augustinian order. At the end of the 18th century, the monastery was dissolved and from then on the church fulfilled a multitude of functions. The Augustinian Church has been a national monument since 1966.
19. Poort Waerachtig
De Poort Waerachtig, also known as Poort Waarachtig, is a 19th-century gate in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht. The gate was built as a pseudo-city gate in part of the medieval city wall to create a connection between the Begijnenstraat and the Sint Pieterskade in the Jekerkwartier.
20. Antonius van Paduakerk
The St. Anthony of Padua Church is a church building in the Scharn neighborhood in the Dutch city of Maastricht. The church serves as the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Anthony of Padua in the former village of Scharn east of Maastricht. The traditionalist-looking church from 1938 is a municipal monument and holds a number of valuable art treasures. Part of the inventory has been protected as a national monument since 1966.
21. Museumkelder Derlon
The Museum Cellar Derlon is a small archaeological museum in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht, where an important excavation from Roman times can be visited. The excavation has been protected as a national monument since 2004. The museum cellar is located in the basement of Hotel Derlon on the Onze Lieve Vrouweplein and is accessible on request.
22. Kloosterkerk Zusters Onder de Bogen
The Convent of the Sisters of Charity of St. Charles Borromeo, commonly referred to as the Convent of the Sisters Under the Arches, is a Roman Catholic convent located in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht. The convent is the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Charles Borromeo. The monastery is located in a number of historic buildings between the streets Sint Servaasklooster and Kommel. The monastery garden contains an important part of the remaining first city wall of Maastricht.
23. Johannes de Doperkerk
The Johannes de Doperkerk, also called Sint-Jan Baptistkerk, is a church building in the Limmel district of Maastricht. The church and its predecessors have traditionally served as a parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of Johannes the Baptist in the former village of Limmel northeast of Maastricht. The neo -gothic church of architect Carl Weber from 1864 is not a national monument, but was placed in 2002 on the Municipal Monuments List of Maastricht. An 11th-century baptismal font is the most important object in the church in an art-historical point of view.
24. Sint-Corneliuskerk
St. Cornelius' Church, originally St. Martin's Church, is a Roman Catholic church building at Kerkstraat 10 in Borgharen, in the municipality of Maastricht. The church is a municipal monument. A number of objects in the church have the status of national monuments.
25. Sint-Theresiakerk
The Sint-Theresiakerk is a church building in the Dutch city of Maastricht, located on the Theresiaplein in the Biesland neighborhood in Maastricht-Zuidwest. The Roman Catholic parish church is named after the 19th-century Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Since 2022, St. Theresia's Parish has shared the church and outbuildings with the South Netherlands Philharmonic. The Kunrader stone building from the early 1930s is a municipal monument.
26. Charles Eyck Park
Charles Eyckpark is a city park along the river Maas in the Céramique district in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht. The relatively new park is named after the Limburg painter and sculptor Charles Eyck.
27. Torenmolen van Gronsveld
The Torenmolen van Gronsveld is a tower mill near Gronsveld in the municipally of Maastricht, the Netherlands, which is still in working order. The mill was built in 1623 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 28086. It is the most southerly windmill in the Netherlands and the oldest of the province Limburg.
28. Sint-Walburgakerk
St. Walburga's Church is a church building in the Amby neighborhood in the east of the Dutch city of Maastricht. For centuries, the church has served as the church building of the Roman Catholic parish of Saint Walburga in the former village of Amby. The neo-Gothic church from 1867 is a municipal monument and holds a number of valuable art treasures.
29. Nieuwenhofpoortje
The Nieuwenhofpoortje, formerly known as the Begijnenpoortje or gate at the Zwingelput, is a poterne, a secondary gate in the city wall of the Dutch city of Maastricht. The gate was installed in the 14th century in the Nieuwenhofwal, part of the second medieval city enclosure of Maastricht and is located between the south end of the street Zwingelput (Jekerkwartier) and the pedestrian bridge over the southern Jeker branch in the Maastricht City Park.
30. Boschberg, hoofdingang (NATO-berg)
NATO Headquarters Cannerberg / Joint Operations Centre (JOC), located behind the Château Neercanne south of Maastricht, on the border with Belgium, was, during the Cold War, a communications center and headquarters of NATO. It housed the war headquarters of Northern Army Group and Second Allied Tactical Air Force.
31. Huis Eyll
The Huis Eyll, also known as Croonenhof, is a castle-like country house in the Heer district of Maastricht. The largely 18th-century building has been a national monument since 1966, as has the associated Hoeve de Croon. Special in the interior are the stucco decorations by Petrus Nicolaas Gagini.
32. Kasteel Bethlehem
Bethlehem Castle is a castle in Maastricht, in the south of the Netherlands. It was built in the 12th century. It is one of the oldest castles in the Netherlands. Nowadays it serves as a hotel and as part of the Maastricht Hotel Management School.
33. Sint-Janskerk
The Sint-Janskerk is a Gothic church in the center of Maastricht, Netherlands. The Protestant Sint-Jan is situated next to the Roman Catholic Basilica of Saint Servatius on the town's main square, Vrijthof.
34. Sint-Hubertuskerk
The Sint-Hubertuskerk is a former church building in the northwest of the Dutch city of Maastricht. From 1925 to 2009, the church served as the parish church of the Roman Catholic St. Hubert's parish in Boschpoort. The expressionist-style building by architect Jules Kayser has been a national monument since 1997.
35. Don Boscokerk
The Don Bosco Church is a modern church building in the Dutch city of Maastricht, located at Kardinaal van Rossumplein 97 in the Heugemerveld neighborhood. The former Roman Catholic parish church has been in use as a Baptist church since 2017.
36. Fallenberggroeve
The Fallenberg quarry is a former marl quarry in the Dutch province of Limburg in the municipality of Maastricht. The quarry is located in the western valley wall of the Jeker valley and on the eastern slope of the Cannerberg. The quarry is located on the northern edge of the Cannerbos on the Zeenendaalweg.
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