Car Hire Maastricht Downtown - Mini guide to Maastricht Downtown

If you are traveling to the Netherlands for a holiday, then you will want to visit the very nice town of Maastricht where you will find many places that you can visit, especially in the downtown area. There will never be a time that you and your family will bored.

The place that you will want to see is the Town Hall (Stadhuis) that is located in Maastricht. This an amazing building that dates back to being established in 1664. Pieter Post the the man who designed it with the 17th century style of the Dutch. There are two staircases in the building, so that Brabant and Liege, which were rival rulers, wouldn't need to argue about which one could go into the building first. The tower of the building has a 43 bell carillon with fine tapestries and chimney pieces inside.

You will also find a cave system that is close by and very interesting. It is called the Zonneberg and has developed by sandstone that is quarried out of the side of the hill. Only a few of the 20,000 passages are still available to be accessed now. During the second world war, some of these passages were used for air raid shelters. There is a local guide that will take you to go exploring through the caves.

There is a church that was built as a devotion to St Servaas. The name of the church is St Servaaskerk and is dated back to the year 950 and is also the site where St Servaas was buried in 384. With a Gothic treasury and cloister, the building is now mostly constructed of the medieval style of architecture. These attractions are well worth a visit, hire a car and treat youself to the sites of Maastricht from the comfort of your own vehicle.

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