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Tourist Attractions in Maastricht are many and each place has its own special importance. Tourist Attractions in Maastricht have attracted different types of tourists not only from Netherlands but also from different parts of Europe.

Maastricht is a place which is situated in the southernmost part of Netherlands in Limburg province and is close to Germany and Belgium. The town is a very lively one with tourists and businessmen coming to the place from different parts of Europe. The place is a good mix between the medical and the business students as well as the local people. The main languages which are commonly spoken in this region are Dutch, English Spanish and French.

The place can be reached easily by train and by bus from different parts of Netherlands while travel by air is quite expensive. Maastricht has two important railway stations namely Maastricht and Randwyck from where the tourists can roam to different places of Maastricht.

The main tourist attractions in Maastricht are:

Bonnefanten museum: This is regarded as one of the most important tourist attractions in Maastricht which contains works of Art from ancient and modern times. The museum is located in the province of Limburg. Besides paintings, the museum also contains giant projections and installations.

Derlon Museum Cellar: The museum has a free entry and is usually open on all working days. The museum contains art works, some of which date back to the 2nd century AD. It also contains sections of walls from ancient times and ancient roads made of Roman cobblestones.

Natuurhistorisch Museum: This repository is one of the well-known tourist attractions in Maastricht and is famous for portraying the culture and tradition of the southern part of Limburg .Among the main highlights of the museum are remains of enormous Mosasauriers and Giant Turtles found in marlstone at the St Pietersberg caverns. Many fossils which are found show the changes that Limburg has undergone for the past 300 million years.

Spaans Government museum: The museum contains paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries as well as furniture, silver, porcelain and pottery from that period. The museum has free entry for people of all ages and is usually open on all weekdays.

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• Church of our Lady Maastricht
• The Limburg Museum of Art and Antiquities,Maastricht
• Natural History Museum