Biesland

Worth seeing in and around Biesland

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Maastricht University

   Maastricht University is a public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the fourteen Dutch universities.

   1 km · public university in Maastricht · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Basilica of Saint Servatius

   The Basilica of Saint Servatius is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Servatius, in the center of Maastricht, Netherlands. The architecturally hybrid but mainly Romanesque church is situated next to the Gothic Church of Saint John, backing onto the town's main square, Vrijthof.

   1.2 km · church in Maastricht, Netherlands · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bonnefanten Museum

   The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of historic, modern and contemporary art in Maastricht, Netherlands.

   1.9 km · museum in Maastricht, Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Basilica of Our Lady

   The Basilica of Our Lady is a Romanesque church in the historic center of Maastricht, Netherlands. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption and is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Roermond.

   1.4 km · church in Maastricht, Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Zuid-Willemsvaart

   The Zuid-Willemsvaart is a canal in the south of the Netherlands and the east of Belgium.

   2.9 km · canal in the Netherlands and Belgium · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Mount Saint Peter

   Mount Saint Peter, also referred to as Caestert Plateau, is the northern part of a plateau running north to south between the valleys of the river Geer to the west, and the Meuse to the east. The plateau runs from Maastricht in the Netherlands, through Riemst in Belgian Limburg almost to the city of Liège in Belgium, thus defining the topography of this border area between Flanders, Wallonia and the Netherlands.

   3 km · hill in the Netherlands and Belgium · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Juliana Canal

   The Juliana Canal, named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, is a 36 km long canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a bypass of an unnavigable section of the river Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht. It is an important transport connection between the ports of the Rhine delta and the industrial areas of southern Limburg and southern Belgium.

   3.5 km · 36 km long canal in the southern Netherlands · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Sint-Janskerk

   The Sint-Janskerk is a Gothic church in the center of Maastricht, Netherlands. The Protestant Sint-Jan is situated next to the Roman Catholic Basilica of Saint Servatius on the town's main square, Vrijthof.

   1.2 km · church in Maastricht, Netherlands · Wikipedia
9. 09
   De Geusselt

   Stadion de Geusselt is a multi-use stadium in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of MVV Maastricht.

   3.5 km · football stadium in Maastricht, Netherlands · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Maastricht City Hall

    The Stadhuis is the historic town hall in the centre of Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is sited on the Markt square, an open-air marketplace.

    1.6 km · town hall in Maastricht, Netherlands · Wikipedia

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Getting to Biesland

Airports

Maastricht Aachen (MST), 10 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 71 km · Brussels (BRU), 84 km

Stations

Maastricht railway station, 2.3 km · Maastricht Randwyck railway station, 3 km

• Eindhoven → Biesland

  68 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · €9–13
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• Rotterdam → Biesland

  146 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · €20–28
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• Amsterdam → Biesland

  179 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · €22–30
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