Sint Servaas Bridge
Outdoors
The stone bridge over the Maas, one of the oldest in the Netherlands, with its medieval arches. It joins the old centre with Wyck on the other bank.
The classics in Maastricht
6 places that make the city
The places that make Maastricht: Sint Servaas Bridge, The Vrijthof, Helpoort and more, with what is on there next.
The Vrijthof
Outdoors
The big square with the Sint-Servaas basilica and the red tower of the Sint-Janskerk, and the Theater aan het Vrijthof on one side. Terraces in summer, concerts and a Christmas market in winter.
Helpoort
Outdoors
A city gate from the 13th century, one of the oldest that still stands in the Netherlands, in the old city wall by the Jeker.
Sint-Pietersberg
Outdoors
The hill south of the city with Fort Sint Pieter, woods and the marl caves. You can walk up from the centre.
Bonnefanten
IndoorsOfficial site ↗
The art museum on the bank of the Maas, in a building by Aldo Rossi with a tower with a zinc dome.
Boekhandel Dominicanen
Indoors
A bookshop in a 13th-century Dominican church: shelves in the nave, a coffee bar in the choir. It is dry on a rainy day.
When it rains
When it rains
- Bonnefanten
- Boekhandel Dominicanen