Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Venlo, Netherlands
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3.2 km
29 m
Explore Venlo 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.
Individual Sights in VenloSight 1: Mariakerk
The Church Onze Lieve Vrouw Immaculate Receiving is one of the Venlo churches, and is in the Sinselveld district. This church was one of the last to be designed by Pierre Cuypers. It is popularly called the Maria Church.
Wikipedia: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Onbevlekt Ontvangenkerk (Venlo) (NL), Website
Sight 2: De Wachters
The guards are four cast-iron war memorials located in the municipality of Venlo and designed by the Japanese-American sculptor Shinkichi Tajiri. The images are on the Maasbrug between Venlo and Blerick and were designed in memory of all war victims in the Second World War. On May 2, 2007 the images were unveiled by Queen Beatrix.
Sight 3: Stadhuis
Venlo's town hall is a free-standing town hall in Renaissance style. It is located on the central square, the Markt, formerly called Het Cruys), at the intersection of both the Steenstraat/Gasthuisstraat/Parade and the Lomstraat/Vleesstraat in the Dutch city of Venlo in the municipality of the same name.
Sight 4: Sint-Joriskerk
The Joriskerk is a Protestant church in Venlo and partly stands on the site where the Sint Joris hospital used to be.
Sight 5: Sint-Martinusbasiliek
Sight 6: Heilig Hartbeeld
The Sacred Heart statue is a statue made by August Falise in the Dutch city of Venlo, in the province of Limburg.
Sight 7: Museum van Bommel van Dam
Museum van Bommel van Dam is a Dutch museum of modern art in Venlo in the southeast Netherlands. The museum belongs to the German/Dutch cooperation Crossart, a partnership between 7 German museums in Westfalen and 4 Dutch museums in Gelderland and Limburg. Exhibitions are held of paintings or drawings, sculpture or photography.
Sight 8: Limburgs Museum
The Limburg Museum is a cultural-historical museum in the Julianapark in the Dutch city of Venlo. The Limburg Museum, the Discovery Center Continium in Kerkrade and the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht are the three provincial museums in Limburg.
Sight 9: Henri Belletable
Henri Hubert Belletable was a Dutch soldier, a Belgian officer and founder of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Family in Liège, Belgium.
Sight 10: Heilige Familiekerk
The Holy Family Church is a monumental church in the Hogekamp district of Venlo, the Netherlands.
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