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Limburg countryside south of Maastricht

Limburg is the most southern province of the Netherlands.

[edit] Regions

• Heuvelland
• Maasduinen
• Maasplassen
• Maasland
• Parkstad Limburg
• Land van Peel en Maas

[edit] Cities

• Asselt
• Maastricht
• Valkenburg
• Heerlen
• Venlo

[edit] Other destinations

• Thorn

[edit] Talk

Most people in Limburg speak Dutch, with standard pronunciation. English, German, French and Limburgish (a regional language) are also spoken although not (fluently) by everyone.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

• Maastricht/Aachen Airport [[1]] is a regional airport located near Maastricht. Currently, there are daily scheduled flights to Amsterdam.

• Brussels' Zaventem Airport can be reached in an hour from Mid- and South-Limburg.

[edit] By train

The Dutch railway serves Limburg with regional branches and intercity-branches to Amsterdam and The Hague. German railway links connect Heerlen to Aachen and Venlo to Mönchengladbach by local trains. Maastricht is connected to Liege in Belgium by local train.

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

• Museum Asselt[2]
• Old castles in Eijsden, Hoensbroek, Arcen and Valkenburg
• American War Cemetery in Margraten
• National Park "De Meinweg"[[3] about 8 km southeast of Roermond
• Bonnefantenmuseum[[4]] in Maastricht, with works by Cranach and Brueghel as well as modern artists

[edit][add listing] Do

The picturesque southern part of the province, Heuvelland, is very popular with bikers. Be warned that the terrain is very hilly by Dutch standards.

[edit][add listing] Eat

Traditional cuisine sticks close with The Netherlands traditions of their barbeque sausages and the most popular, yet rather unusual german pepper steak.

[edit][add listing] Drink

[edit] Stay safe

Limburg is quite densely populated, which means crime is also quite common. Especially drug-related crimes due Limburg's location on the German and Belgian border are widespread. If you do not seek contact with drug trafficers however, the province of Limburg is a relative safe province within the Netherlands

[edit] Get out