Eijsden-Margraten

Worth seeing in and around Eijsden-Margraten

6 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
   Fort Eben-Emael

   Fort Eben-Emael is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, outside the village of Ében-Émael. It was designed to defend Belgium from a German attack across the narrow belt of Dutch territory in the region.

   2 km · inactive Belgian fortress on the Belgian–Dutch border · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.6 km · hill in the Netherlands and Belgium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Eijsden Castle

   Eijsden Castle is a moated manor house with several farm buildings, a gatehouse and castle park, in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands. The current castle was built in 1637 and is located next to the river Maas.

   1.1 km · castle in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tower of Eben-Ezer

   Eben-Ezer Tower, also known as the Museum of Flint, is a tower and museum in Eben-Emael, in the municipality of Bassenge in eastern Belgium.

   3.6 km · folly tower in Wallonia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Castle Oost

   Oost Castle is a manor house in Oost-Maarland, a village in Eijsden, Limburg, the Netherlands. Located along the Meuse, it can be traced to an 11th-century motte-and-bailey residential tower that was expanded several times between 1548 and 1800.

   1.5 km · castle in Oost-Maarland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
6. 06
   International Museum for Family History

   The Internationaal Museum voor Familiegeschiedenis is a museum located in the former Ursuline Convent in Eijsden, Netherlands. As a museum with a focus on genealogy and family history, it is the first museum of its kind in the world.

   700 m · museum in Eijsden-Margraten · Wikipedia

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Getting to Eijsden-Margraten

Airports

Maastricht Aachen (MST), 15 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 78 km · Brussels (BRU), 86 km

Stations

Eijsden railway station, 1.4 km

• Eindhoven → Eijsden-Margraten

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · €10–13
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• Rotterdam → Eijsden-Margraten

  153 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · €23–32
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• Amsterdam → Eijsden-Margraten

  185 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · €22–31
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