Venlo Discovery Tour: Markt, Maas and the German Crossing
120 min
1.3 km
10 stops
About this tour
Venlo is the Maas trading town whose Markt and river still explain why Germans cross for more than a Saturday shop. A self-guided centre walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Markt
Venlo received town rights in 1343 and joined the Hanseatic League in 1481. It was a staple town on a deep bend of the Maas by the island De Weerd.
Stadhuis
The town hall began as the stone house of Gerard van Bocholt. It was rebuilt in 1597-1601, and the front steps followed in 1609. Jan Kayser worked on it from 1…
Sint-Martinusbasiliek
The Sint-Martinusbasiliek is a hall church begun around 1410 and consecrated in 1430. Jules Kayser's tower dates from 1951-1953. It has been a basilica since 2…
Parade
The Parade links the station side with the old centre. Chain stores line it and Lomstraat and Vleesstraat; specialist shops are mostly on two side streets. Ger…
Lomstraat
Lomstraat is one of the four streets leading to the Markt. On Saturdays you hear a lot of German here: according to the Limburg shopping-flows survey, more tha…
Oude Markt
The Oude Markt was a second medieval core on the Maas, with a harbour by a river island. The water gate stood on this side. Within the fourteenth-century wall…
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
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