5 Sights in Roermond, Netherlands (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Roermond, 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 Roermond. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
1. Designer Outlet Roermond
The Designer Outlet Roermond is an Outlet Center of the British company McArthurGlen and offers 200 international designer brands. The centre is located on the edge of the city centre of Roermond and was opened in November 2001. With over 8 million visitors per year (2018), it is one of the biggest attractions in the Netherlands.
2. Cuypershuis
The Cuypershuis is a museum in the Limburg city of Roermond, located in the former home annex studio of architect Pierre Cuypers. From 1932 to 2009, the Stedelijk Museum Roermond was located here. The Cuypershuis was created in 2011 after the Stedelijk Museum Roermond was split into three parts: the Cuypershuis, the History House and the modern art collection of the municipality of Roermond.
3. Munsterkerk
The Munsterkerk (Munster) is a 13th-century church dedicated to Our Lady in the Dutch town of Roermond. Its remarkable front towers are 55 meter in height. The Munsterkerk is one of the most important examples of Late Romanesque architecture in the Netherlands. The Roermond Minster is the only surviving part of an abbey, the rest of which was demolished in 1924. The church was renovated by architect P. J. H. Cuypers between 1863 and 1890; during this renovation, the two front towers were added while after a smaller baroque bell tower on the nave was removed, and the originally octagonal eastern towers were replaced by square ones. The renovation of the Roermond Minster was highly controversial, but Cuypers continued to renovate the Minster according to his plan.
4. Nationaal Indië Monument
The National East Indies monument 1945–1962 in Roermond, the Netherlands commemorates more than 6200 Dutch servicemen who died in either the former Dutch East Indies or New Guinea. The monument is located in the National Remembrance Park Roermond, which also has monuments dedicated to the civilians who died during that period, as well as Dutch servicemen who died in other missions since the start of the Korean War.
5. Kepelse Meule
The Kepelse Meule or Mill at the Chapel is a former windmill at Herkenbosscherweg 34 in Roermond. This round stone mill is equipped as a flour mill and was built as a ground sailer in 1882 as a replacement for the wooden standard mill by Leonard Janssen near the Bredeweg in Roermond that burned down in 1880. A few years after its construction, the mill was raised to a belt mill, with the superstructure made cylindrical to be able to use the existing mill cap. On February 13, 1896, an application was made to build a warehouse and place a pair of bricks in it powered by a gas steam engine, which was later replaced by a gasoline engine and still later by an electric motor.
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