Discover Maastricht Trip 2026

The city's largest square is framed by the Romanesque Sint-Servaasbasiliek and the Gothic Sint-Janskerk, and serves as a stage year-round for concerts, Christmas markets and the famous Carnival, surrounded by numerous terrace cafés.

This cave system of over 20,000 passages, artificially dug into soft limestone, served for centuries as a quarry and bunker, and can be explored on guided tours with oil lamps, complete with scribbles left by Napoleonic soldiers on the walls.

A Gothic Dominican church from the 13th century was carefully converted into one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world, with multi-story bookshelves set against historic frescoes and a café in the church's former choir.

Thanks to its proximity to Belgium and Germany, Maastricht is regarded as the culinary center of the Netherlands, with an exceptional density of Michelin-starred restaurants, cozy beer bars and a way of life the locals proudly call Bourgondisch.

Maastricht Aachen Airport is located about 8 kilometers north of the city. From Zurich, Maastricht is also easily reached by train via Cologne in about five hours, as the city lies close to the German and Belgian borders.

The city's largest square is framed by the Romanesque Sint-Servaasbasiliek and the Gothic Sint-Janskerk, and serves as a stage year-round for concerts, Christmas markets and the famous Carnival, surrounded by numerous terrace cafés.

This cave system of over 20,000 passages, artificially dug into soft limestone, served for centuries as a quarry and bunker, and can be explored on guided tours with oil lamps, complete with scribbles left by Napoleonic soldiers on the walls.

A Gothic Dominican church from the 13th century was carefully converted into one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world, with multi-story bookshelves set against historic frescoes and a café in the church's former choir.