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Autumn in Maastricht

Every season brings something new to Maastricht. Even the autumn has its charms in the city. Maastricht acquires a cozy atmosphere and buzzes with autumn activities. Experience autumn in Maastricht and make sure you don't miss out on anything!

Maastricht awaits

Maastricht has plenty to offer from a boat trip on the Meuse or a historical walk through the city. You can also go on a shopping spree or indulge your culinary interests. There is plenty to do and see; Maastricht has a lot of time and space to offer to people of all ages. You can explore the city in your own way and at your own pace.

Do it yourself

You can discover the city on your own. We have some helpful tips so that you can discover the city in your own way. If you lose your way, don’t worry! In Maastricht, you can always find your way back.

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Combine gastronomic delights and shopping days-out

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Culinary

Combine gastronomic delights and shopping days-out

Spending a day shopping in Maastricht? Then you probably feel like settling down for a nice lunch somewhere in between! Especially for you, we have listed the best lunch spots that are just a little bit different from your average lunch spot.

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10x gift shops in Maastricht

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Shopping

10x gift shops in Maastricht

Looking for an original gift? Then you have plenty of choice in Maastricht. We tell you where in the city you will always succeed in finding a nice present.

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Vintage shopping in Maastricht

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Shopping

Vintage shopping in Maastricht

Vintage clothes shopping has never been as popular as it is now. Alongside the fact that ‘fashion cycling’ is good for the environment, vintage clothes are often much more unique than the items you’ll find in high-street stores.

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Shopping centres in and around Maastricht

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Shopping

Shopping centres in and around Maastricht

Limburg is a popular shopping destination, and that's no surprise. The province is home to the most famous outlet centres in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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HACKEDEPICCIOTTO
HACKEDEPICCIOTTO
Thursday 7 December
An performance by Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto
HeartBeat Presents Bunker: Christmas Rave Edition
HeartBeat Presents Bunker: Christmas Rave Edition
Thursday 7 December
With the Bunker's 7th edition, HeartBeat is bringing you the best of Techno once again!
To the film at Lumière
To the film at Lumière
weekly
With more than 300 films each year, there's plenty to choose from.
INSIDE OUT
INSIDE OUT
until 3 November 2024
An educational exhibition for all curious, non-adults aged 6 and above.
Guided tour through Fort Sint Pieter | Maastricht Underground
Guided tour through Fort Sint Pieter | Maastricht Underground
until 5 January 2025
Step back in time and experience history during a tour of Fort St. Pieter.
Humberto Tan - Tomorrow will be better
Humberto Tan - Tomorrow will be better
until 17 March 2024
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht presents an exhibition by Dutch photographer and media personality...
The organic market
The organic market
weekly
The organic market in Wyck is filled with delicious delights.
Communal Enthusiasm
Communal Enthusiasm
until 15 December
The Jan van Eyck Academy celebrates its 75th anniversary with the exhibition 'Communal Enthusiasm,' curated...
Everything That Came In Got An Answer
Everything That Came In Got An Answer
until 31 March 2024
For over fifty years, Rod Summers has been receiving a large amount of postal art or mail art from all...
Antiquity in Colour
Antiquity in Colour
until 2 June 2024
You are undoubtedly familiar with the white marble statues from classical antiquity. But did you know...
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
until 7 January 2024
A Room of One’s Own is an exhibition about the work and ideas of female artists spanning several generations,...
The Studio #8: Caroline Sarneel
The Studio #8: Caroline Sarneel
until 18 February 2024
The series The Studio in the Bonnefanten provides a stage for small scale solo presentations on which...
Shinkichi Tajiri: The Restless Wanderer
Shinkichi Tajiri: The Restless Wanderer
until 12 May 2024
Exhibition celebrating the 100th birth year of Japanese-American artist Shinkichi Tajiri
Exhibition Maastricht 1673
Exhibition Maastricht 1673
until 31 March 2024
This year marks 350 years since Maastricht was besieged and conquered by the French Sun King Louis XIV.
Between Art and Copy
Between Art and Copy
until 25 February 2024
The Maastricht Institute of Arts is presenting a considerable part of its collection of plaster casts...
Piet Killaars 100 Years
Piet Killaars 100 Years
until 7 January 2024
This exhibition contains an overview of sculptures and pre-studies from the Bonnefanten collection.
Guided Tours of the North Caves | Maastricht Underground
Guided Tours of the North Caves | Maastricht Underground
until 5 January 2025
Do you dare go underground? Go exploring in the caves below the St. Pietersberg hill.
Goodbye to Love: Conversation of all those whose lips are sealed
Goodbye to Love: Conversation of all those whose lips are sealed
until 7 January 2024
The exhibition Goodbye to Love addresses the ways in which we have become lost in our worlds, drifting...
Guided Tour Historic Heart with Private Guide
Guided Tour Historic Heart with Private Guide
until 31 December
An Official Maastricht Guide will take you through the historic city centre and show you the city's most...
Magical Maastricht Vrijthof
Magical Maastricht Vrijthof
until 31 December
Be enchanted by the magic during the winter event on Vrijthof square.
Cruise on the Meuse
Cruise on the Meuse
until 31 December
Cruise on the Meuse ; Discover Maastricht from the water with Rederij Stiphout!
Christmas | Saint Servatius Basilica
Christmas | Saint Servatius Basilica
until 30 December
Visit the Basilica of Saint Servatius during the most magical period of the year.
Claydrum presents Alt8 / CLTX / Melvin Spix / Raxeller / RBX / Volunt Barbati
Claydrum presents Alt8 / CLTX / Melvin Spix / Raxeller / RBX / Volunt Barbati
Friday 8 December
Claydrum is going all out this club season, propelling the dance floor into hyperdrive with an immersive...
La Pegatina
La Pegatina
Friday 8 December
Rumba catalana, ska, punk, and música mestiza blend in their performances, where sitting still is not...

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Cellebroederskapel
Cellebroederskapel
Cellebroederstraat 4
6211 PK MAASTRICHT
MAASTRICHT
The five hundred year old late gothic Cellebroederschapel, formerly part of a much larger monastery, is a hidden gem in the center of Maastricht showing a unique vault with the original medieval paintings, beautiful chandeliers and a monumental organ.
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Passage to Wisdom
Passage to Wisdom
Grote Looierstraat 17
6211 JH Maastricht
Maastricht
Commissioned by Maastricht University’s Art and Heritage Committee, the late Bořek Šípek created ‘Passage to Wisdom’, the entrance to the university library on Grote Looiersgracht in the old city centre of Maastricht.
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Kruisheren Klooster
Kruisheren Klooster
Kruisherengang 19
Maastricht
Maastricht
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The City Hall
The City Hall
Markt 78
6211 CL Maastricht
Maastricht
The city hall, built over the years 1659-1664 under the guidance of master architect Pieter Post, has a tower dating from 1684 and a carillon with 49 bells that is still regularly played.
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The Frontenpark
The Frontenpark
Frontenpark
6211 Maastricht
Maastricht
The Frontenpark is not your standard city park. You won't find a neatly laid out and maintained park, but an exciting and rugged piece of nature located in the heart of the city.
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Minckelers and the flame
Minckelers and the flame
Markt
6211 CH Maastricht
Maastricht
Statue of Minckelers.
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Basilica of St. Servatius and treasure room
Basilica of St. Servatius and treasure room
Vrijthof
6211 TC Maastricht
Maastricht
On Maastricht's grandest square, you'll find the impressive and monumental Sint Servaasbasiliek (Basilica of St. Servatius).
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Monument to d’Artagnan
Monument to d’Artagnan
Aldenhofpark 4 - 5
6211 LV Maastricht
Maastricht
The statue of d'Artagnan.
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Ruïne Lichtenberg
Ruïne Lichtenberg
Lichtenbergweg 2
6212 NG Maastricht
Maastricht
On the eastern flank of the St. Pietersberg hill (overlooking the Meuse), lies a very special and valuable point of interest: the Lichtenberg Castle ruins. It is undoubtedly the oldest castle ruin in the Netherlands...
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Casemates
Casemates
Waldeckpark
Maastricht
Maastricht
Between 1575 and 1825, a network of underground passageways or mine galleries was created on the western side of Maastricht. During times of siege, these tunnels were used to approach and surprise the enemy from under the ground.
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