Hoensbroek
Hoensbroek is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen.
Hoensbroek is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen. It is situated in the southeast of Limburg, a province in the southeast of the Netherlands. Until 1982, Hoensbroek was a separate municipality.
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Worth seeing in and around Hoensbroek
7 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.
- 01Open University of the Netherlands
The Open University of the Netherlands is a Dutch institution for distance learning at university level. It is an independent government-funded university and uses a variety of methods, including written materials, the Internet, and occasional evening seminars or day sessions.
5.2 km · university in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Kasteel Hoensbroek
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg.
800 m · castle in Hoensbroek, a district of the Dutch town of Heerlen. · Wikipedia - 03Ter Worm Castle
Ter Worm or Terworm Castle is a castle located in the municipality of Heerlen, Limburg Province, Netherlands. The castle is part of the Terworm estate.
3.8 km · castle in Heerlen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Schunck
Schunck is the name of former fashion house and department store Firma Schunck in Heerlen, the Netherlands. It is also the name for the collection of buildings the firm has been housed in, one of which is known as the Glaspaleis, which is now a cultural centre and declared one of the 1000 most important buildings of the 20th century by the Union of International Architects.
5.2 km · museum in Heerlen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Sint-Pancratiuskerk
The Pancratiuskerk is a Roman Catholic church in Heerlen in the Netherlands.
5.2 km · church in Heerlen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Schelmentoren
The Schelmentoren in Heerlen is a Medieval Building that has served as a defendable living tower for the Here van Are and their successors. As part of the Landsfort Herle, it served as a prison tower.
5.3 km · tower in Heerlen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Ambachtsschool, Heerlen
The Ambachtsschool in Heerlen is a brick building with distinctive layers of marl. It is notable as one of the earliest vocational schools in the Netherlands.
5.3 km · school building in Heerlen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Hoensbroek Castle
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Things to do
Zwemparadijs Otterveurdt, Gravin von Schönbornlaan 2,. Closed on Mondays. This local swimming pool isn't state of the art nor very large, but it's a fine place for a few hours in the water, especially with children. In summer, there's an outdoor pool and sun bathing field too.
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Where to eat
Wok Paradiso, Markt 11,. All you can eat stir-fry place on the market square. Food isn't great but also reasonably priced, with drinks (which you can take on your own) included.
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Getting to Hoensbroek
- Airports
- Maastricht Aachen (MST), 11 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 70 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 72 km
- Stations
- Heerlen railway station, 4.7 km · Hoensbroek railway station, 1.7 km · Voerendaal railway station, 3.8 km · Heerlen Woonboulevard railway station, 3.3 km · Schinnen railway station, 4.1 km
- Eindhoven → Hoensbroek65 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €9–12
- Rotterdam → Hoensbroek150 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · €21–30
- Amsterdam → Hoensbroek176 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · €21–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hoensbroek
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 Hoensbroek. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundWhile that is more expensive for single journeys, it's a good option for day trips.
- Get aroundSome of the smaller hamlets are served by minibuses, but they leave from the regular platforms at e.g.
- Go nextThe German city of Aachen is just at the other side of the border and makes a great day trip.
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