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Gulpen

Gulpen is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg.

Gulpen
Gulpen · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Gulpen is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gulpen

2 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
    Keutenberg

    Hill and hamlet in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands

    3.5 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kasteel Wittem

    Castle in Wittem, Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands

    800 m · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Sint-Petruskerk

    This 1924 church in Neo-Romanesque style was built to replace the older Petruskerk of which now only the tower remains.

  2. 02
    Old Church Tower

    The 11th-13th century Roman style tower on the cemetery ground is the only remaining part of the medieval village church.

  3. 03
    Neubourg Castle

    Most visible parts of this castle founded in the 14th century were constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries.

From Wikivoyage: Gulpen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Mosaqua Tropical Pool

    This tropical indoor and outdoor swimming pool is considered to be among the best in the country.

From Wikivoyage: Gulpen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Gasterij De Poort

    Just a few steps around the corner from the market square, this casual restaurant in a historic farm house has a pleasant little courtyard.

From Wikivoyage: Gulpen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Gulpen

Airports
Maastricht Aachen (MST), 14 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 79 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 80 km
  • Eindhoven → Gulpen
    75 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · €10–14
  • Rotterdam → Gulpen
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · €23–32
  • Amsterdam → Gulpen
    187 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · €22–31
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gulpen

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gulpen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextNearby destinations include: Maastricht, the capital of the whole province of Limburg and one of the most beautiful historic cities in the country Gulpen, the main village in the municipality to which Partij-Wittem belongs Valkenburg, the main tourist destinations in South Limburg Vaals, right on the border with Germany Simpelveld The old German city of Aachen and the Belgian Liège aren't far either, and make great day trips.

From Wikivoyage: Partij-Wittem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2020-12.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    280 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    507 km
  3. 03
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    550 km
  4. 04
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    735 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    740 km

If you know how people move in Gulpen – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Gulpen

  • Wijlrevillage in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands1.7 km
  • Eysvillage in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands2.8 km
  • Mechelenvillage in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands2.9 km
  • Wahlwillervillage in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands2.7 km
  • Eyserheidehamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands3.4 km
  • Bissenhamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands3.2 km