Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Venlo, Netherlands

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 3.2 km
Ascend 30 m
Descend 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 Venlo

Sight 1: Mariakerk

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Mariakerk Cuypers, Pierre Joseph Hubert (Fotograaf) / CC BY-SA 4.0

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

770 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: De Wachters

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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.

Wikipedia: De Wachters (NL)

584 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Stadhuis

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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.

Wikipedia: Stadhuis van Venlo (NL)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Sint-Joriskerk

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Sint-Joriskerk Michiel1972 / CC BY 2.5

The Joriskerk is a Protestant church in Venlo and partly stands on the site where the Sint Joris hospital used to be.

Wikipedia: Sint-Joriskerk (Venlo) (NL)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Sint-Martinusbasiliek

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461 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Heilig Hartbeeld

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The Sacred Heart statue is a statue made by August Falise in the Dutch city of Venlo, in the province of Limburg.

Wikipedia: Heilig Hartbeeld (Venlo) (NL)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Museum van Bommel van Dam

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Museum van Bommel van Dam Rob Oo / CC BY 2.0

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.

Wikipedia: Museum van Bommel van Dam (EN), Website

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Limburgs Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Limburg Museum (EN), Website

876 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 9: Henri Belletable

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Henri Hubert Belletable was a Dutch soldier, a Belgian officer and founder of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Family in Liège, Belgium.

Wikipedia: Henri Belletable (NL)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Heilige Familiekerk

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Heilige Familiekerk Parsifal2000 / CC BY-SA 3.0 nl

The Holy Family Church is a monumental church in the Hogekamp district of Venlo, the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Heilige-Familiekerk (Venlo) (NL), Website

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