Selfkant
Selfkant is a municipality in the Heinsberg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Selfkant is a municipality in the Heinsberg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the most westerly municipality in Germany.
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Worth seeing in and around Selfkant
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.
- 01De Baandert
De Baandert was a multi-use stadium in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. Opened in 1964 it was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of Fortuna Sittard.
3 km · stadium in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Tuddern safari park
Tüddern safari park was a zoo and Germany's first safari park located in Selfkant. The Zoo was founded in 1968, and covered 70 hectares while in reality only 35 hectares were developed.
1.2 km · zoo in Heinsberg, Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Selfkant
- Airports
- Maastricht Aachen (MST), 16 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 61 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 67 km
- Düsseldorf → Selfkant63 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · €7–10
- Weeze → Selfkant70 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · €11–16
- Köln (Cologne) → Selfkant73 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €10–14
- 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 Selfkant
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 Selfkant. 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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If you know how people move in Selfkant – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Selfkant
- Sittardcity in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands4 km
- Broeksittardvillage in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands3 km