I was born in Maastricht and all my family still live there. My mother's family lived beside the Maas. However I had my childhood in Australia, teenage years in South Africa, married in New Zealand and now reside in Australia. Do I miss my homeland ?? Yes and no.. Here in Australia we have the bluest skies and just beautiful beaches.. Australia very young country. Maastricht is so very cultured. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
After doing a lot of research, I decided to make Maastricht my home base for three months next summer while I explore this part of Europe. There is so much to see and do there, it would take a lifetime to cover it all.
For your information: the bridge is called Sint Sevaasbrug. Its not a Churchill but its name is the Onze Lieve Vrouwen Baseliek. The people playing are student on the conservatorium. Its also not a castle but a toner frommel the old city wall and called Pater Vinktoren.
I'm from Maastricht and live in Florida, USA. Thank you for making this video. It made me homesick 😔. It is time I go back again. How beautiful my Mestreech is ❤
Super clipuri cu frumosul oraș maastricht. Îmi doresc sa pot ajunge acolo,în oraș istoric și cu multa muzica, sublima și frumoasa muzica a lui Andre Rieu.
Don't forget too mention that d'Artagnan died at the Maastricht walls - fortifications in 1673. d'Artagnan => ‘first musketeer’ in the army of the French king Louis XIV. He was romanticised in Alexandre Dumas' books under the name D'Artagnan, a name he also used himself. He died during the siege of Maastricht
Thank you for this very interesting video on my birthplace. I used to light many a candle in that church as a child. My family still all live in Maastricht. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Maastricht is a beautiful city, so is Amsterdam. Both can't be compared to each other, it's very different. Despite that Amsterdam is my hometown, there are many places in Amsterdam, which are very nice and you can enjoy the atmosphere. Whenever I go to Maastricht, it certainly is beautiful, but it feels more as a different place in Europe, rather being a typical Dutch city, it is a special city.
Yes it’s all personal preference. But I think we can surely say that Amsterdam has become overrun but tourists the last few years. It’s a shame people only go there and skip out on the rest of the Netherlands!
@@KokoroKompass 1600 is actually late in the Renaissance period, considering that Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and he was the major figure of that period. The Middle Ages finished in the 1300s at the start of the Renaissance.
Italian born in Liège (Belgium), near Maastricht. The comparison between these two cities is simply impossible as Liège is light years behind Maastricht and for so long.😂
Two of the oldest churches are to be found here and are more then 1000 years old. The city is 2000 years old, the second oldest city in the Netherlands. Its original name is TRAIECTVM AD MOSA or MOSA TRAIECTVM.
Yes although you cannot compare Maastricht with Amsterdam for example. Maastricht feels more like a village, in a good way. Much more to explore around the city as well, and indeed 5 minutes from Belgium and a bus goes directly to Aachen (Germany) You will not regret the choice of city at least😊
Maastricht is a beautiful city, but not the only city that is beautiful. Amsterdam is also a very beautiful city, just like so many other cities such as Alkmaar, Delft, Gouda, Amersfoort, Zutphen, Deventer, Haarlem, Den Bosch, The Hague etc. Each city has its own beauty and one appeals to you more than the other. It’s a matter of taste which city you like the most.
@@KokoroKompass A large part of the tourists who visit Amsterdam don't walk through a city like you do. They go to Amsterdam to visit the coffee shops and to get drunk and to visit the red light district. They also haven’t an eye for the beautiful houses and museums. The vast majority of tourists who visit the other cities like you , go for the beauty of the city.And if you do a Europe tour, you really don't have the time to go to Maastricht for a while. But having said that, have you ever been to Belgium. speaking of beautiful cities....
@@KokoroKompass Yes I understand. I lived in Amsterdam for more than 12 years, but the increasing drug tourism has not done the city any good.I lived in Old South where it was still fairly quiet. The current mayor, Halsema, is trying to reduce this excess burden. The city itself remains very beautiful and is still in my heart. I also had family living in Maastricht and I used to visit regularly as a child. As far as Belgium is concerned: Bruges ( Brugge) and the city center of Mechelen are also really beautiful, I have been there last year and Ghent ( Gent) is also very nice
It's simple, stop acting like an American rushing through the place like a coffee addicted hyperactive person with ADHD and go to a terrace or café to drink or eat something and do it there. The enjoyable thing in our burgundic culture is walking around while enjoying a few breaks with good drinks & food. Around the noon you'll have lunch anyways so that's one moment, before that you can enjoy a coffee with a piece of pastry or a cocktail/beer/wine on a summer day, in the afternoon you can have something sweet accompanied with a coffee or some tapas or snacks if you prefer savoury and then its evening and you'll go out to eat again and enjoy the art of eating two to three courses slowly while talking to eachother, which gives you 1-2 hours to dump your load in their toilet. That's like 3-4 potty breaks from the late morning till the evening, most people should be fine with this.
No, only citizens and residents of the Netherlands can enter unfortunately. This is a municipal law common in cities near the border (to fight drug tourism and crime).
@@lepetitchat123 Whether one thing is better than another is always personal taste. Look, sometimes youtubers need to use clickbait or no one will watch. This is not one of those times. Maastricht is simply the best city in the Netherlands I've visited.
@@ronalddijkema7696 My RUclips channel is targeted towards an international audience, it would be very silly to speak Dutch to them. And English is how I communicate with my partner as well.
I come from Maastricht but I live in France since 1978 , I miss my beautiful hometown. Thanks very much for posting.
I was born in Maastricht and all my family still live there. My mother's family lived beside the Maas.
However I had my childhood in Australia, teenage years in South Africa, married in New Zealand and now reside in Australia.
Do I miss my homeland ??
Yes and no..
Here in Australia we have the bluest skies and just beautiful beaches..
Australia very young country. Maastricht is so very cultured.
Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
@@avengernemesis7990 daanke jong en veul groete oet Bretagne, fraankriek
@@rangvi1956 Iech bin aafkomstig oet Eisde (Mechele) en veur miech blieft Mestreech mien haufdshtad!
Born in Maastricht, now living in Nieuw Zealand.
Sjoenste stad! 😅
@rangvi1956 zo leuk ik woon al mijn hele leven in Maastricht
After doing a lot of research, I decided to make Maastricht my home base for three months next summer while I explore this part of Europe. There is so much to see and do there, it would take a lifetime to cover it all.
Certainly not a bad place, easy access to 3 countries!
I live there 😂 so it was great to see a video for my city
You live in an awesome place! I envy you, Haarlem sucks compared to Maastricht
I'm from Maastricht aswell. Beautiful city! I even used to live in the street at 7:50. 😂
That is one amazing place to live!
What's the name of the street?
I used to live in the Pieterstraat!
For your information: the bridge is called Sint Sevaasbrug. Its not a Churchill but its name is the Onze Lieve Vrouwen Baseliek. The people playing are student on the conservatorium. Its also not a castle but a toner frommel the old city wall and called Pater Vinktoren.
You are clearly better informed than me haha. Although I sometimes enjoy the mystery of not knowing
I'm from Maastricht and live in Florida, USA. Thank you for making this video. It made me homesick 😔. It is time I go back again. How beautiful my Mestreech is ❤
Yeah you should! And check out Valkenburg too while you’re there haha
Same! But I live in New Zealand.
Wish I could just pop over for a little visit to Mestreech 😊
I only wish we were young enough to make one more move. That’s where we would move.😢
@@accordionchick Well, move then! It’s better late than never. 🤎
I've been there several time and I like Maastricht very much, because of the atmosphere and it is a beautiful city.
Maastricht is a gorgeous city. We went there last month. I believe it's much more beautiful in summer after watching your movie. Thanks for sharing.
It really is! Yeah Netherlands is just too rainy in winter!
Super clipuri cu frumosul oraș maastricht. Îmi doresc sa pot ajunge acolo,în oraș istoric și cu multa muzica, sublima și frumoasa muzica a lui Andre Rieu.
Traiesc in el de 3 saptamani si pot sa zic ca e tot la fel de frumos ca in prima zi
Thanks! Awesome style! Authentic!
@@TaeglicheNarzisst thank you!
Don't forget too mention that d'Artagnan died at the Maastricht walls - fortifications in 1673. d'Artagnan => ‘first musketeer’ in the army of the French king Louis XIV. He was romanticised in Alexandre Dumas' books under the name D'Artagnan, a name he also used himself. He died during the siege of Maastricht
You make really cool travel videos. Makes people wish they had the money to travel to the places you make videos about. Awesome job dude!
I'm poor as hell haha. Don't let money stop you from following your dreams!
Thank you for this very interesting video on my birthplace.
I used to light many a candle in that church as a child.
My family still all live in Maastricht.
Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Oh you must miss it! I hope you can go back in the near future
My boyfriend and I is planning to visit there next month, thanks for some info and tips where to go in Maastricht 😊
Glad I could help! Be sure to check out that top secret river under the tree hehe
Alote of coffeeshops you can visit!👌
@@joopiedelange8463 shops where they sell coffee? Or “coffee shops”? :p
@@KokoroKompass You can buy coffee, but something else to😁
Thank you for this great video. I lived there for 5 years and now moved 15min out side the city. You did a great compilation and nice comments🎉
Thank you! The outskirts of Maastricht must be real nice too!
I love Maastricht thank you for giving me an update peek at it
You should head back sometime!
I lived in Maastricht for a year and really loved it.
Not a bad place to live!
is it worth it for a weekend visit in november ?
Its the Sint Servaas Bridge, the oldest bridge in the Netherlands.
I'm kinda proud that the US had liberated/defended this beautiful place during WW2 and even has a nearby cemetery !
Its in a town called Margraten. 20 min bus ride from Maastricht
The bridge you mentioned in the beginning is the oldest in the Netherlands
I think I read that somewhere! It's not many places that we have such grand bridges. Some of the small bridges we have are really charming too though!
Maastricht is a beautiful city, so is Amsterdam. Both can't be compared to each other, it's very different. Despite that Amsterdam is my hometown, there are many places in Amsterdam, which are very nice and you can enjoy the atmosphere. Whenever I go to Maastricht, it certainly is beautiful, but it feels more as a different place in Europe, rather being a typical Dutch city, it is a special city.
Yes it’s all personal preference. But I think we can surely say that Amsterdam has become overrun but tourists the last few years. It’s a shame people only go there and skip out on the rest of the Netherlands!
@@KokoroKompass Amsterdam isn't Dutch anymore just like many other cities in Europe like Paris, Berlin,Brussels, London etc.
@@markschattefor6997 Well I hated Amsterdam before it was cool, around 15 years ago!
The 1600s were not the Dark Ages. Most historians would regard the Dark Ages ending around the year 1000.
Oh really? I might be confused with the Dutch term “de middeleeuwen” which end around that time
@@KokoroKompass 1600 is actually late in the Renaissance period, considering that Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and he was the major figure of that period. The Middle Ages finished in the 1300s at the start of the Renaissance.
Italian born in Liège (Belgium), near Maastricht. The comparison between these two cities is simply impossible as Liège is light years behind Maastricht and for so long.😂
Haha, yes it's funny how you can take a single step over the border and things are immediatly so different!
@@KokoroKompass Yes, especially when moving to the French-speaking side. Haha.😉
@@pstviou True! I'm always a bit confused in Belgium if people will understand me if I speak Dutch or not haha
Two of the oldest churches are to be found here and are more then 1000 years old. The city is 2000 years old, the second oldest city in the Netherlands. Its original name is TRAIECTVM AD MOSA or MOSA TRAIECTVM.
Oh interesting, thanks for the info!
I’m Canadian but most of my family live in and around Maastricht. I enjoy it so much every time I visit them
Please don’t wear your hat backwards. As we say in Canada, you lose 10 IQ points when you wear it like that
@@daisysmum7336 haha, I will remember if I ever go to Canada! but I usually wear it forwards haha
Im thinking of studying there! Would you say theres enough to do for a student?
For sure! You’re right next to Belgium and Germany too, so plenty to explore
Yes although you cannot compare Maastricht with Amsterdam for example. Maastricht feels more like a village, in a good way. Much more to explore around the city as well, and indeed 5 minutes from Belgium and a bus goes directly to Aachen (Germany) You will not regret the choice of city at least😊
Beautiful video. What's the name of the last cafe in Valkenburg? Looks awesome🙂
I looked it up now, apparently it’s a tourist Center. Visit Zuid-Limburg Experience Valkenburg
@@KokoroKompass Thanks😀
Maastricht is a beautiful city, but not the only city that is beautiful. Amsterdam is also a very beautiful city, just like so many other cities such as Alkmaar, Delft, Gouda, Amersfoort, Zutphen, Deventer, Haarlem, Den Bosch, The Hague etc. Each city has its own beauty and one appeals to you more than the other. It’s a matter of taste which city you like the most.
True! But it's always a bit sad to see that tourists never take a step outside of Amsterdam.
@@KokoroKompass A large part of the tourists who visit Amsterdam don't walk through a city like you do. They go to Amsterdam to visit the coffee shops and to get drunk and to visit the red light district. They also haven’t an eye for the beautiful houses and museums. The vast majority of tourists who visit the other cities like you , go for the beauty of the city.And if you do a Europe tour, you really don't have the time to go to Maastricht for a while. But having said that, have you ever been to Belgium. speaking of beautiful cities....
@@Hrn250 Yeah it's a shame, and one of the things that ruined Amsterdam for me. I've been to Antwerp and Brussels! Lovely cities.
@@KokoroKompass Yes I understand. I lived in Amsterdam for more than 12 years, but the increasing drug tourism has not done the city any good.I lived in Old South where it was still fairly quiet. The current mayor, Halsema, is trying to reduce this excess burden. The city itself remains very beautiful and is still in my heart. I also had family living in Maastricht and I used to visit regularly as a child. As far as Belgium is concerned: Bruges ( Brugge) and the city center of Mechelen are also really beautiful, I have been there last year and Ghent ( Gent) is also very nice
u forgot the park with the bear pit there were real bears on it years ago
Oh I never about that, I gotta check that out when I go back!
I am hoping to visit soon as it looks like a lovely place, but what is it like trying to find public toilets?
Like anywhere in the Netherlands, horrible and you likely have to pay..
It's simple, stop acting like an American rushing through the place like a coffee addicted hyperactive person with ADHD and go to a terrace or café to drink or eat something and do it there. The enjoyable thing in our burgundic culture is walking around while enjoying a few breaks with good drinks & food. Around the noon you'll have lunch anyways so that's one moment, before that you can enjoy a coffee with a piece of pastry or a cocktail/beer/wine on a summer day, in the afternoon you can have something sweet accompanied with a coffee or some tapas or snacks if you prefer savoury and then its evening and you'll go out to eat again and enjoy the art of eating two to three courses slowly while talking to eachother, which gives you 1-2 hours to dump your load in their toilet.
That's like 3-4 potty breaks from the late morning till the evening, most people should be fine with this.
Do they serve tourist in coffee shops there?
I think they do, but they are not common like in Amsterdam
No, only citizens and residents of the Netherlands can enter unfortunately. This is a municipal law common in cities near the border (to fight drug tourism and crime).
Kann ich nur bestätigen ❤❤❤
Great video, thank you!
I’m from Maastricht but I’m still in Maastricht
Maastricht is in my profile picture sad to leave back to the US
so much super cool and apic dude
Yeah there is a lot to see!
Maastricht the most Belgain mined city of Holland , great place, clean and safe
Yeah it feels super undutch haha
Maastricht is so much more beautiful then north holland combine
I agree!
maastricht ist eine schoene stadt
Us sjoen Mestreech. 👍👍👍
That Maastricht accent is really hard to understand haha
It is not appropriate to say FORGET AMSTERDAM. Every city has it's own beauty so appreciate each individually.
Just because an opinion is different than your own doesn't make it offensive.
@KokoroKompass the tone of the title doesn't seem to be an opinion.
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Masstricht ❤❤
The title is click bait lol
I literally say in the video Maastricht is my favourite city!
@@KokoroKompass Why don't you put that instead in the title
@@lepetitchat123 Maastricht is the best city, exactly what the title says.
@@KokoroKompass according to YOU only
@@lepetitchat123 Whether one thing is better than another is always personal taste.
Look, sometimes youtubers need to use clickbait or no one will watch. This is not one of those times. Maastricht is simply the best city in the Netherlands I've visited.
No terrible city please stay home
i am from the netherlands and i cant say that maastricht is "better" than amsterdam or delft.. it's nice but not very.
It's all personal of course, but I personally hate Amsterdam and love Maastricht haha.
@@KokoroKompass why are you talking and writing in english? you are from the netherlands. dont pretend that you are an english or american tourist.
@@ronalddijkema7696 My RUclips channel is targeted towards an international audience, it would be very silly to speak Dutch to them. And English is how I communicate with my partner as well.
@@ronalddijkema7696 Lol he's really not pretending to be an American or English tourist, you tool.
@@Persei1 yes he is, you fool. why is he talking in english? people in the netherlands speak dutch.
Beautiful city sadly ruined by the many foreign students that reside there.
Every student can be obnoxious whether they are native or not
your companion is right about that stupid cap... which ever way you wear it...
Haha, the problem is that I need it whilst biking, otherwise my hair blows in my face and I can’t see! And it’s nice and lazy too hehe