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Schin op Geul

Schin op Geul is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg.

Schin op Geul
Schin op Geul · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Schin op Geul is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, about 3 km southeast of the town of Valkenburg.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Schin op Geul

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.

  1. 01
    Cauberg

    The Cauberg is a hill in Valkenburg aan de Geul, a town in the South Limburg region of the Netherlands. The hill played an important role in the early development of tourism in Valkenburg.

    3.3 km · hill in Valkenburg aan de Geul, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Valkenburg Castle

    Valkenburg Castle is a ruined castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. It is unique in the Netherlands in that it is the only castle in the Netherlands built on a hill.

    2.9 km · castle in Valkenburg, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Schaloen Castle

    Schaloen Castle is a castle in Oud-Valkenburg in the South Limburg municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in The Netherlands. The castle is a national monument.

    1.4 km · main castle building in Oud-Valkenburg, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Keutenberg

    The Keutenberg is a steep hill in the south of Limburg, Netherlands. The start of the climb is in Schin op Geul, a small village near Valkenburg aan de Geul.

    1.3 km · hill and hamlet in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    De Valkenier

    De Valkenier was an amusement park in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. The attractions focused mostly on families with children below the age of twelve.

    3.6 km · amusement park in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Heunsberg

    The Heunsberg is a 145 meter high hill in the South Limburg area of the Netherlands, part of the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul. The hill is located directly south of the center of Valkenburg and the hamlet of Neerhem.

    2.7 km · hill near Valkenburg, Limburg, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hermitage at Schaelsberg

    The hermitage at Schaelsberg is a monumental hermitage in Schin op Geul, in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. Built in 1688 for the lords of nearby Schaloen Castle, the chapel and attached living space, housed a succession of 16 hermits from its foundation until 1930.

    1.2 km · building in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands · 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.

Go there

Getting to Schin op Geul

Airports
Maastricht Aachen (MST), 9 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 75 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 79 km
Stations
Valkenburg railway station, 3.1 km · Klimmen-Ransdaal railway station, 1.9 km · Schin op Geul railway station, 200 m
  • Eindhoven → Schin op Geul
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h · €10–13
  • Rotterdam → Schin op Geul
    153 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · €22–31
  • Amsterdam → Schin op Geul
    182 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · €22–31
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Not yet researched

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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 Schin op Geul. 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

    276 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    505 km
  3. 03
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    555 km
  4. 04
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    732 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    738 km

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Around it

Next door to Schin op Geul

  • Valkenburg aan de Geulmunicipality in Limburg, the Netherlands3 km
  • Wijlrevillage in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands3.1 km
  • Hulsbergvillage in Beekdaelen, Netherlands3.9 km
  • Klimmenvillage in Voerendaal, Netherlands2.6 km
  • Oud-Valkenburgvillage in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands1.1 km
  • Sibbevillage in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands3.4 km