Sittard Discovery Tour: The Market Still Runs the Town
120 min
1.2 km
10 stops
About this tour
Sittard sat on the road between the Maas and Cologne and kept a market square that still works as the town's living room. A self-guided discovery tour with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Markt
The Markt is a public square, free for everyone. It is the civic heart of Sittard, on the old road from the Maas to Cologne. The town received its rights back…
Sint-Michielskerk
The front of the church on the Markt is public, and the church itself is open on service and procession days. This former Dominican monastery church at Markt 2…
Oude Markt
The Oude Markt is a public square, free to visit. It is an older civic space that grew up around the lord's motte, Huis op de Berg, from around 1100. The outer…
Sint-Petruskerk
The Kerkplein is public, and the church is open on service and concert days. The Sint-Petruskerk is a Maas Gothic hall church. On 10 June 1299 a chapter of twe…
Kloosterplein
The Kloosterplein is a public square, free to visit. After 1299 this was the immunity of the chapter: the twelve canons had their houses and a school here, and…
Dominicanenwal
The Dominicanenwal is a public path on the wall, free to walk. This northern earth wall is named after the Dominican monastery. About three quarters of the rin…
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
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