Wessem

Worth seeing in and around Wessem

10 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
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond

   The Diocese of Roermond is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, located in the Netherlands. The diocese is one of the seven suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht.

   8.2 km · since 1853 diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St. Christopher's Cathedral

   St. Christopher's Cathedral in the Dutch city of Roermond is the main church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond.

   8.2 km · church in Roermond, Netherlands · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Munsterkerk

   The Munsterkerk is a 13th-century church dedicated to Our Lady in the Dutch town of Roermond. Its remarkable front towers are 55 meter in height.

   8.3 km · 13th-century church in Roermond, Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lilbosch Abbey

   Lilbosch Abbey is a monastery of the Trappists founded in 1883 and located in Lilboscherveld in Pepinusbrug, Echt, Limburg, in the Netherlands. The abbey is largely self-sufficient thanks to its own farm, which has an area of 110 hectares and supports not only the cultivation of crops but also free-range pig-keeping, calf-rearing and bee-keeping.

   8.9 km · monastery near Echt, Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wessem-Nederweert Canal

   Wessem-Nederweert Canal is a canal connecting the Zuid-Willemsvaart at Nederweert to the Meuse near Wessem. Here it meets the wide Juliana Canal that connects to Maastricht.

   1 km · canal · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of Saint Anne, Aldeneik

   The Church of Saint Anne is a partly Romanesque, partly Gothic church in Aldeneik, Belgium.

   8.5 km · church in Aldeneik, Belgium · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Thorn Abbey

   Thorn Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of Thorn was an imperial abbey of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now the Netherlands. It was founded in the 10th century and remained independent until 1794, when it was occupied by French troops.

   2.8 km · monastery in Thorn, Netherlands · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Indiëmonument

   The National East Indies monument 1945–1962 in Roermond, the Netherlands commemorates more than 6200 Dutch servicemen who died in either the former Dutch East Indies or New Guinea. The monument is located in the National Remembrance Park Roermond, which also has monuments dedicated to the civilians who died during that period, as well as Dutch servicemen who died in other missions since the start of the Korean War.

   7.7 km · war memorial in Roermond, Netherlands · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Aldeneik Abbey

   Aldeneik Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Aldeneik, currently a mainly residential parish of Maaseik, in the province of Limburg in eastern Belgium. It was founded in 728.

   8.5 km · abbey in Maaseik, Belgium · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Museum van de Vrouw

    The Museum van de Vrouw is a museum dedicated to all aspects of women and their lives located in Echt in the Netherlands. The museum houses contemporary exhibits, and particularly highlights issues that characterize femininity, its struggles, and connects traditions with contemporary themes.

    6.2 km · art museum in Echt, Netherlands · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wessem

Airports

Maastricht Aachen (MST), 29 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 48 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 52 km

Stations

Roermond railway station, 8.5 km · Echt railway station, 6.8 km · Ophoven Airfield, 7.4 km

• Eindhoven → Wessem

  42 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · €5–7
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• Rotterdam → Wessem

  129 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · €16–22
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• Amsterdam → Wessem

  151 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €17–24
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