Heerlen, tourist information
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General info Heerlen History Heerlen Places of Interest Heerlen Shopping in Heerlen Things to do in Heerlen Nature/ Parks in Heerlen Steps in Heerlen Heerlen Photos Coat of arms of Heerlen Number of inhabitants: 68.108 Number of national monuments: 145 | |||||||||||||
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The Saint Pancratius Church in Heerlen In the south of the country, namely South Limburg, there is a nice cozy city called Heerlen. This city is known for its shops, there are many terraces where you can enjoy and is located in the hills of Limburg. Heerlen is the 4th largest city in Limburg. The largest is Maastricht followed by Venlo and the 3rd city is Sittard if you put this in a row then Heerlen is worth a visit | |||||||||||||
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.. Heerlen is known as one of your youngest industrial cities, but the city is old and goes back to Roman times. although Heerlen at that time was not yet a city but a village with a few inhabitants. In the year 1816 Heerlen was part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1830 during the Belgian revolt (1830) Heerlen joined the Kingdom of Belgium this lasted 9 years | |||||||||||||
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The Promenade in Heerlen If you like old cities then this is not the place for you, there are some places of interest, including: Hoensbroek Castle +/- 7.8 KM, the Saint Pancratius Church, this church dates from the 14th century. A nice modern attraction is the Glass Palace, finally Castle Terworm is fun to watch. | |||||||||||||
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The Corio Shopping Center in Heerlen As mentioned before, Heerlen is a very nice shopping city if you like shopping then you are in the right city Heerlen has many small shops and many large retail chains everything can be found in Heerlen. the busiest shop tails include the Promenade, Sarolestraat there are still many shopping streets that are all car free. There are also 2 covered shopping centers these are called Het Loon Shopping Center & Corio Shopping Center Heerlen: | |||||||||||||
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The Theater in Heerlen There are many activities to experience in Heerlen, for example, go to the zoo or visit a castle and take a look in one of the museums.
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The shopping center Het Loon in Heerlen Heerlen is located in a very green environment everywhere there is nature, for example Brunssummerheide, Aambos | |||||||||||||
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The Pancratiusplein in Heerlen in Heerlen there are many entertainment venues a nice night out is definitely recommended in the area are also many dischoteken | |||||||||||||
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