Advantages: Small, friendly, very pretty Disadvantages: Not easiest desination to get to from the UK
...UK have only heard of Maastricht in connection with the EC treaty, they couldn't tell you what it's about, nor could they tell you even which country it's in!
The city is tucked in the bottom left hand corner of the Netherlands, and surrounded on three sides by Belgium and Germany. It's also very close to France and Luxembourg is only a short car journey away.
Don't make the mistake of thinking it's in Holland - that's in the north of the Netherlands, ... ...business conference in the beginning of March 2003, and quite by accident managed to land in town at exactly the same time as 'carnival' - which they take very seriously - more about this later.
The old town is about one kilometre square, and is a maze of narrow pedestrianised streets there's a bunch of old churches of varying ages faiths and denominations, but somehow manages to keep a sense of uniformity. For the tourist, there is a bewildering ...
dobieg 26.04.2003
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Advantages: Beautiful city, everything at walking distance Disadvantages: maybe the weather??
...flat with lots of canals. Maastricht lies in the province of Limburg, a hilly landscape in the lower right hand corner of the Netherlands. Belgium is right next to Maastricht, Germany is a 15 minutes drive away. Even the city of Luxemburg is closer than Amsterdam. If you want to get here you can fly directly from London almost everyday to Maastricht-Aachen Airport. Aachen is a German city 20 miles from Maastricht. You can also take the ferry to Antwerpen ... ...Harwich), and drive to Maastricht in about one and a half hour. Third possibility is to come by train. First do London-Brussels by Euro star. Then Brussels-Liege, if you want by TGV. Finally the short ride Liege-Maastricht with a local train. As you can see, not the easiest destination to reach from the UK, but definitely worth it.
What is there????
Worth it because Maastricht is a relatively small city (140.000 inhabitants) with a rich history. ...
gola 10.11.2005
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Advantages: culture, food, prices, everybody speakes englisch. Disadvantages: the rain.
I lived in Maastricht for 20 years and I want to tell you a little bit about my town. Maastricht was founded by the romans, a very long time ago. The city became the name: Mosam Trajectum. This means: crossover ont the Maas(our river). Even longer ago, some million years, Maastricht was laying under the sealevel. In our caves here, are still remains of dinosaurs in the clay. In 2001 is Maastricht a modern town, with the romance of a small french ... ...chat with strangers. Hospitality is something normal here. Some numbers: ------------- There live 130.000 people in Maastricht; 28.000 of them are students. We have 600 pubs; open untill 5 a.m. The shops are open untill 10 p.m. There are 37 churches from different religions. Where to go? ------------ We have a new complex here; its called Centre Ceramique. You cann shop there, have a drink, visit the city-museum, visit a big library, walk around ...
www.diamantladen.de 19.07.2002
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Advantages: a lot of different nationalities Disadvantages: not that much parking space
Maastricht is the most southern city of The Netherlands. A lot of people come to see the city because it is in the neighbourhood of Belgium and Germany.
There are a lot of pubs, they are open till early in the morning, every day of the week. If you want to go to a Club, yes you can as well.
The "Vrijthof" is a really nice place to sit on a sunny day and watch people go by. There are a lot of pubs and after that you can go to the Theatre. In the ... ...there is a big Market on the marketplace of course. The market is really famous; a lot of people from Belgium are coming over to see this.
For people who want to know something about the history you can make a roundtrip with a guide through the old other part of the city.
Which dates back to Roman times, really exciting I have to say.
Hopefully see you soon in Maastricht! ...
yoanie 07.08.2000
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