Vijlen
Vijlen is a village in the South-East part of the Dutch province of Limburg.
Vijlen is a village in the South-East part of the Dutch province of Limburg. The village is constituted of a number of hamlets, among which Mamelis, Camerig, Harles and Cottessen. Including these hamlets, Vijlen has around 1,500 inhabitants and is part of the municipality of Vaals. Located at 200 meters above Normaal Amsterdams Peil, on top of the Vijlenerberg, it is the highest situated town in the Netherlands. The neo-Gothic and Catholic St. Martinus church, which is located in the center of the village, is known as the highest located church in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around Vijlen
One place 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.
- 01St. Benedictusberg Abbey
St. Benedictusberg Abbey, also Mamelis Abbey, is a Benedictine monastery established in 1922 in Mamelis, a hamlet which administratively falls within Vaals, Netherlands.
1.5 km · monastery in Mamelis near Lemiers, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Border
At this point the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany come together with their respective borders.
- 02Museum de Kopermolen
This small museum is housed in a monumental building, build in 1736 as a Lutheran church.
- 03Museum Vaals
The collection of this small museum comprises a somewhat odd combination of church statues and modern art.
- 04St. Catharinakapel, Oud-Lemiers 16. This
Several historic sources mention the chapel.
- 05Sint-Catharina en Luciakerk
This much larger church originates in 1895-1896 and sits along the main road.
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Things to do
The main activity in Vaals (as in most villages around), is exploring the surrounding natural areas. Around the village you'll find great landscapes (in part because of the high location of the village), lots of marked routes and a nice forest. Several shorter and longer walks start are colour marked, starting in or around Boscafé 't Hijgend Hert.
- 01Kartingbaan Vaals
The only outdoor carting track in the province makes a good option for a small adrenaline rush.
- 02Vineyard St
Martinus, Rott 21, info@wijngaardmartinus.nl.
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Where to eat
In addition to the ones below, many hotels have restaurants that are frequented by non-guests also.
- 01Friture Delnoije
- 02Kasteel Bloemendal
This beautiful small castle in the middle of town houses not only an upscale hotel, but also a restaurant.
- 03Brasserie Lodge 7
The beautiful location of this modern place out of the town center makes it worth a visit.
- 04De Raadskelder
Lovely restaurant setting in the ancient cellars of the town hall.
- 05Troje
Greek restaurant with nice food and large portions.
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Getting to Vijlen
- Airports
- Maastricht Aachen (MST), 19 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 79 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 83 km
- Eindhoven → Vijlen80 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · €10–14
- Rotterdam → Vijlen163 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · €23–32
- Amsterdam → Vijlen191 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · €23–32
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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.
No local-transport research exists yet for Vijlen
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 Vijlen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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