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MBD_adv_148x193_2017_2.pdf 1 07-10-16 11:21 COFFEE we love City Guide Maastricht LOVERS coffee 2017 City Guide Maastricht Shop the finest brands, such as Isabel Marant, Longchamp, Furla, Ganni, Hugo Boss, CL1 COFFEELOVERS DOMINICANEN Armani JEANS, Max Mara and many more. In fabulous bookstore Dominikanerskerkstraat 1 We welcome you 7 days a week in our CL2 COFFEELOVERS PLEIN 1992 Maastricht store on Achter het Vleeshuis 26. Urban coffee & lunch Ruiterij 2 CL3 COFFEELOVERS THE ANNEX Coffee lounge & terrace Plein 1992 CL4 COFFEELOVERS AVENUE Coffee in the library (1st floor) Avenue Céramique CL5 COFFEELOVERS UNIVERSITY Students & coffee meeting point EN GUIDE Bonnefantenstraat 2 Map of each The Netherlands’ CL6 COFFEELOVERS ST. PIETER most European city. Neighbourhood coffee corner district, with Glacisweg 26 You can feel it, see it, Must Sees and taste it! ‘17 THE BEST SHOPPING TIPS, RESTAURANTS, AND HIDDEN TREASURES OF MAASTRICHT www.visitmaastricht.nl € 4,95 www.visitmaastricht.nl MAISON BLANCHE DAEL SINCE 1878 Coffee roasters ~ tea packers ~ fresh peanuts www. .nl Wolfstraat 28 ~ www.blanchedael.nl 1 EN VVV Cover 2017 ENG.indd 1 13-12-16 12:17 MBD_adv_148x193_2017_2.pdf 1 07-10-16 11:21 contentCity Guide Maastricht COFFEE we love City Guide Maastricht LOVERS coffee 2017 City Guide Maastricht Shop the finest brands, such as Isabel Marant, Longchamp, Furla, Ganni, Hugo Boss, CL1 COFFEELOVERS DOMINICANEN Armani JEANS, Max Mara and many more. In fabulous bookstore Dominikanerskerkstraat 1 58 We welcome you 7 days a week in our CL2 COFFEELOVERS PLEIN 1992 Maastricht store on Achter het Vleeshuis 26. Urban coffee & lunch Ruiterij 2 CL3 COFFEELOVERS THE ANNEX 48 Coffee lounge & terrace Plein 1992 CL4 COFFEELOVERS AVENUE 132 Coffee in the library (1st floor) DISCOVER Avenue Céramique 14 3 THE CL5 COFFEELOVERS UNIVERSITY Students & coffee meeting point CITY FR GUIDE Bonnefantenstraat 2 Les incon- 34 WyckLa ville la plus CL6 COFFEELOVERS ST. PIETER tournables 48 Céramiqueeuropéenne des Pays-Bas. Neighbourhood coffee corner Cela se voit, cela se sent Glacisweg 26 par quartier, 58 City centre At a avec plan 78 Jekeret quarter cela se goûte ! 88 Stokstraat quarter glance‘17 THE BEST SHOPPING 96 TIPS, Sphinx RESTAURANTS, quarter AND HIDDEN TREASURES OF MAASTRICHT 106 St. Pieter 114 Around the Vrijthof square 132 Restaurants / Cafés, 119 Maastricht & environs Sights / www.visitmaastricht.nl € 4,95 www.visitmaastricht.nl Attractions, Galleries / City Guide Maastricht Antique dealers 14 3 Getting there 3 Foreword 19 Overnight stays in Maastricht 4 General info 20 Maastricht 12 University city Underground 14 Conference city 24 Boat tours 16 Maastricht: City Guide 29 Calendar of events MAISON BLANCHE DAEL SINCE 1878 Coffee roasters ~ tea packers ~ fresh peanuts www. .nl 2 Wolfstraat 28 ~ www.blanchedael.nl 3 FR VVV Cover 2017 FR.indd 1 13-12-16 12:16 foreword colo City Guide Maastricht welcome ‘Merci madame et au revoir,’ says the friendly florist in Maastricht. Turning to the next customer, he goes, ‘Sie wünschen?’. This is a typical scene in Maastricht; the concept of ‘Europe’ is a reality in everyday life. This international atmosphere is palpable in the streets. Within the time of the Roman Empire, Maastricht acted as a junction in Western Europe. Nowadays, the city has become THIS CITY GUIDE IS an international meeting point for tourists, students, expats, businesspeople, culture lovers, phonPUBLISHED BY and world citizens. For centuries now, Maastricht has been a dynamic converging point of Maastricht Marketing the two most significant European cultures, the Roman and the Germanic. Kleine Staat 1, IMAGES & SUPPORT 6211 ED Maastricht Etienne van Sloun, The city’s popularity can be attributed to its array of impressive monuments, high-quality www.visitmaastricht.nl Paul Mellaart, Jonathan shops, pleasant terraces, theatres and museums, restaurants and cafés, welcoming resi- Vos, Philip Driessen, dents, and beautiful squares and parks. Every part of the city contributes to the success, INFORMATION AND Guy van Grinsven, Harry combining to create that incomparable southern Dutch atmosphere. RESERVATIONS Heuts, Jean-Pierre Geusens, (INCLUDING HOTEL RESERVATIONS) Laurens Bouvrie, Petra Maastricht is also the birthplace of the EU and the euro, with the latter established in 1992 T +31 (0)43 325 21 21 / Lenssen, Hugo Thomassen, in the world-famous Treaty of Maastricht. In 2017, we will be commemorating the 25th F +31 (0)43 321 37 46 Peter Lodder, Eighty8things, anniversary of this Treaty with our high-profile programme ‘Europe Calling!’. This will be [email protected] Zuiderlicht, Luciënne Wynans, an opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved and to look toward the future Maastricht Marketing, adver- DESIGN AND LAYOUT for Europe. We would love for you to join us because... GROUP RESERVATIONS AND tisers, Maastricht Marketing Miranda Reijnders INFORMATION participants and many others. Maastricht welcomes the world! Mon- Sat 9:00 AM-5:00 PM PHOTOGRAPHY T +31 (0)43 350 62 62 PRINTING Hugo Thomassen F +31 (0)43 350 62 70 Drukkerij Moderna, Annemarie Penn-te Strake [email protected] Paal-Beringen. IMAGE PROCESSING Mayor of Maastricht www.groups-events.nl Circulation 100.000. Joris Vroemen This brochure has been prepared with the greatest possible care. All rates specified are subject to change. The Maastricht Tourist Board cannot accept any liability for possible errors. 4 5 Location & atmosphere Maastricht maastricht A place where north and south meet, the crossroads of the three countries that together make up the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, the place where it’s hard to believe you’re still on Dutch soil, it must be another country. This is the place where you’ll find Maastricht... COMPACT & CONTACT You will feel right at home MAASTRICHT IS THE in Maastricht. You can get to NETHERLANDS’ MOST know the very compact city EUROPEAN CITY majestic churches and thrilling centre very quickly, and you’ll You can feel it, you can see it, cave adventures; inspired me- be greeted warmly everywhere and you can taste it! It’s a place nus and inviting café terraces; you go. The highlights are all with a unique and authentic lively festivals and sensational within walking distance, and energy and dynamism that you expositions; stately squares it’s hard to lose your way on won’t experience anywhere and vast vineyards. All this the charming, mostly car-free, else in the Netherlands. Once it and more makes Maastricht a streets. But if you ever do, was the place where Germanic favourite destination for a day there’s always someone willing and Roman cultures collided; of shopping, a weekend away to point you in the right direction. today it is the current mix for two, or an elegant European of cultures, languages, and holiday. THE ‘MESTREECHTER GEIS’ flavours that makes the city Charm, playfulness, a healthy burst with creativity, research, EUREGION dose of humour, and a zest for enterprise, trend-setting and The Euregion Meuse-Rhine is life: these are the ingredients culinary delights. Today’s the three-country area where of the Maastricht local Maastricht is a city that has the the Netherlands, Germany, and character. This character has best of all worlds: north and Belgium meet, home to four been immortalized by the artist south; past and present. There million people and four diffe- Mari Andriessen in the bronze are historic buildings and rent languages. At the heart of statue ‘Mestreechter Geis’, on trendy designer boutiques; this area lies Maastricht. the square near Stokstraat. 6 7 architecture & culture fashion & food Maastricht Maastricht because you’ll find at least one restaurant for just about every type of cuisine here. From Me- Most shops open their doors diterranean classics, to Asian between 09:00 AM and 10:00 specialities, to the delights and where Maastricht and the AM Tuesdays to Saturdays. you’ll only find here; and from HISTORIC BUILDINGS region come to enjoy the many *Except New Year’s Day, Michelin-starred restaurants AND CONTEMPORARY flavours of the Preuvenemint, Carnival (with the exception to wine bars to good old-fashioned ARCHITECTURE buildings of the 20th century. the Netherlands’ largest food of supermarkets and carnival pubs, Maastricht has it all. The whole of the Maastricht festival. shops), Easter Sunday, Whit The countless restaurants city centre has been declared a VRIJTHOF SQUARE Sunday, Christmas Day, and offer hospitality and quality for protected national monument. It’s been called the most CITY OF SHOPPING que boutiques and endless pool Boxing Day. On the days of every budget. You will find Maas- In the historic buildings and beautiful square in the country. Designer boutiques and major of existing and emerging talent. the Sacramental Procession tricht’s restaurateurs eager to elegant houses, you will find Maybe it’s because when you labels are found in abundance, Full of quality, craftsmanship, (Easter Monday, 17 april) showcase local products, not a rich variety of architectural stand in the middle of the punctuated by genuine one- history, and authenticity, mixed and the Saint Servatius only in traditional local dishes, styles from different ages – Vrijthof and look around, you of-a-kind shops with unique with the elegance for which Sacramental but in exciting and original from the early Roman period could almost forget you’re in must-have fashion, lifestyle, Maastricht is renowned. This ‘world cuisine’ combinations. to the Maastricht Renaissance. the Netherlands. But perhaps and design items and accesso- gives the city a unique sense TIP: CATWALK MAASTRICHT And don’t miss the chance Experience the seamless tran- it’s also because it’s the cultural ries. All this only adds to the of fashion of which it can be Every last Saturday of the to visit some of the many sition from stately, old façades heart of the city. The place rich setting of the historic city proud.