Heerlen
Heerlen is a city in South Limburg in the southeast of the Netherlands. In Roman times, it was a settlement named Coriovallum, which hosted a bathhouse, now the Thermenmuseum. Wikivoyage
Population 86,936 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Nederlands Mijnmuseum Museum · 520 m
- Hertenkamp Aambos Attraction · 170 m
- Belgisch Grafmonument Memorial · 190 m
- Oorlogsmonument Memorial · 210 m
- Indiëmonument Memorial · 900 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Cultura Nova
August – September
This yearly returning international theater festival in August/September lasting for 10 days, brings theater out of the theater halls and into inventive locations in and around Heerlen
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Heerlen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.