Venlo Discovery Tour: Markt, Maas and the German Crossing

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…