Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Maastricht, Netherlands

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.4 km
Ascend 54 m
Descend 36 m

Explore Maastricht in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in MaastrichtIndividual Sights in Maastricht

Sight 1: Bonnefantenmuseum

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The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of fine art in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Bonnefantenmuseum (EN), Website

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Charles Eyck Park

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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.

Wikipedia: Charles Eyckpark (NL)

653 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Helpoort

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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.

Wikipedia: Helpoort (Maastricht) (NL)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Poort Waerachtig

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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.

Wikipedia: Poort Waerachtig (NL)

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Waalse kerk

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Waalse kerkMinke Wagenaar from Amsterdam, NL / CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Wikipedia: Waalse kerk (Maastricht) (NL)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Stadspark Maastricht

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Stadspark Maastricht Geen machineleesbare auteur aanwezig. Op basis van auteursrechtclaims wordt auteur SanderSpek~commonswiki aangenomen. / CC BY 2.5

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.

Wikipedia: Stadspark Maastricht (NL)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Nieuwenhofpoortje

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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.

Wikipedia: Nieuwenhofpoortje (NL)

888 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Sint-Petruskerk

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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.

Wikipedia: Kerk van Sint-Pieter beneden (NL)

1120 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 9: Jekerpark

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The Jekerpark is a city park and nature park on the edge of the center of Maastricht. The park is a continuation of the Maastricht City Park and is also part of the Jekerdal nature reserve.

Wikipedia: Jekerpark (NL)

719 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Sint-Theresiakerk

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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.

Wikipedia: Sint-Theresiakerk (Maastricht) (NL)

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