Limburg - 77 Attractions You Must Visit

Fort Sint Pieter is a fortress that came to Sjtand in 1701-1702 on the north flank of the Sint-Pietersberg in Mesjtreech. It was commissioned and designed by the military governor of Meshtreech Daniel Wolff, baron van Dopff , built in a viefhook to defend the southern fortress wall of Meshtreech.

Attractiepark Toverland is an amusement park in Sevenum, Netherlands. It first opened in 2001 as an indoor family entertainment center operated by the Gelissen Group. Meanwhille Toverland has evolved into a full-fledged theme park. It's been critically acclaimed as one of the top theme parks in the country.

GaiaZOO Zuid-Limburg is one of the most beautiful zoos in the Benelux. It has won many awards and succeeds in living up to its own GaiaZOO theory. It hosts approximately 100 different species. Besides traditional zoo animals such as gorillas, rhinoceroses, lions, zebras , GaiaZOO has some species which cannot be found in other Dutch zoos such as Amazon bush dogs, wolverines, muskoxen and bat-eared foxes.

The Geleenbeek is a stream in the south of the Dutch province of Limburg that is part of the Meuse river basin. The partly canalized stream originates in Benzenrade and flows into the Maas at Stevensweert under the name Oude Maas. The stream valley with numerous side streams has been designated a Natura 2000 area and is largely located in the National Landscape of South Limburg.

The Gemeentegrot, in the Dutch Limburg town of Valkenburg is a limestone quarry where marl was extracted until the 1950s.The marl originated in the time when South Limburg was still a sea. This also explains the large amount of shells that are still in the marl. The Romans were already busy mining marl in the Municipal Cave, among others. The cave was mapped in the 1960s by G. Essers. Works of art in the form of drawings or sculptures have been placed in many places in the quarry.

The Geul is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands, where it is a right-bank tributary to the river Meuse. Located in a beautiful nature and is a iconic location for a day out and there are so many leisure opportunities too.

A majestic building, which was fulley covered  by glass, built in the years 1934-1935 and serves as the cultural centre. It belongs to the architecture of Het Nieuwe Bouwen, a style more or less comparable to that of the Bauhaus, Modernism and International Style. Architect is Frits Peutz, largely responsible for reshaping Heerlen in a modern way.

The Helpoort, is a former city ​​gate in the Dutch city ​​of Maastricht. The gate is part of the first medieval 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.

Hoensbroek Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands . The oldest part of the castle, especially the high round tower, dates from around 1360 , when Herman Hoen renovated it. In 1225 there was already a predecessor in this swamp, a so-called motte -fortress. In 1250 a fortified house was built on the site of the present castle.

De IJzeren Man is a 100 ha nature and recreation area located in Dutch Limburg. The area is located west of Weert and is part of Grenspark Kempen~Broek , which covers an area of ​​25,000 ha and is located in both the Netherlands and Belgium. The area is part of the outskirts of Altweerterheide and the Kazernelaanbuurt.

Arcen Castle is a double moated stately country house in the Dutch Limburg village of Arcen, which has been in the municipality of Venlo since 1 January 2010. The current castle is in good condition, since it is part of the Castle Gardens of Arcen. Virtually nothing is left of the fortress that preceded the present castle. The remains of it are located west of the current castle, a little north of the Wymarse Molen, a restored water mill that can be visited, except in the winter months.

Born Castle Park is a medium-sized animal park located in the gardens of the former Born Castle. Many different types of animals are housed, including native animals such as deer, sheep and goats, as well as exotic animals such as rhea , alpacas , porcupines , predators and monkeys. There is also a Kriebelhuis with stick insects, scorpions, axolotls and iguanas. In addition, there is a walk-through aviary with parrots.

Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur is a ceramics museum with a ceramics studio. The center is located in the tithe barn of Castle Holtmühle in Tegelen , a sub-municipality of the Limburg city of Venlo. The center stems from the long tradition of ceramic production, linked to the availability of good pottery clay in Tegelen. This production started around 100 to 300 AD. ch. when the Romans baked roof tiles with Tegelen clay.

Labyrinth is Europe’s largest outdoor shrub maze. It was built by British landscape artist Adrian Fisher who used 17,000 hornbeam shDreiländereck rubs to constitute the maze. Not only is the maze the most South-Easterly place in the Netherlands, it is also the highest.

The Limburg marl quarries are approximately 250 large and small tunnel systems that have arisen in recent centuries in Dutch South Limburg and the Belgian municipality of Riemst as a result of the underground extraction of chalk and limestone by block crushers. In addition, a number of opencast quarries have been mined.

The Limburg Museum is a cultural-historical museum in the Julianapark in the Dutch city of Venlo. The museum's collections include archaeological material from the Neolithic onwards and folklore items, including agricultural tools, kitchen utensils, textiles, clothing and objects relating to carnival and popular religious devotion. It mounts a number of special exhibitions each year along with events, activities and historical film showings.

The Maasplassen are artificial lakes on the Maas in Limburg's Maasland. The Maasplassen are gravel holes , they were created by the extraction of gravel that occurs due to deposition by the Meuse. Gravel mining on the Maas started in the 19th century. The gravel holes were left behind in the valley of the Meuse like large scars. A new purpose was found in water recreation. There were beaches, water sports areas, nature reserves, marinas and campsites.

Maastricht Caves Zonneberg are a collection of limestone quarries in Maastricht, the Netherlands, the origins of which date back to the 13th century. The caves were eventually no longer used for mining, as the value of lime dropped. Over some hundreds of years, art was drawn on the cave walls, providing an attraction to tourists who can tour some of the cave sections.

Maastricht Natural History Museum is a museum of natural history in Maastricht, Netherlands. The collection is dedicated to the geology, paleontology, flora and fauna of South Limburg. Highlights from the collection are Cretaceous fossils from Sint-Pietersberg, most notably the skull of a Mosasaur and specimens of Hoffmann's giant turtle, Allopleuron hofmanni and Suyckerbuyk's turtle, Glyptochelone suyckerbuyki.

The Mariapeel is a raised bog -like nature reserve in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas in the Dutch province of Limburg . It is approximately 1400 hectares and is managed by Staatsbosbeheer . Together with Deurnese Peel and the Grauwveen , it has been a protected wetland since 1993 . As a Natura 2000 area it is known as Deurnsche Peel & Mariapeel . It has been designated as a Birds Directive Area and a Habitats Directive Area.