Today is the beginning of @preuvenemint2022! The festival of food and wine is a decades long tradition – here you can see a photo from the festival in 1984 and one from more recent years. In 1984 the festival raised money to restore the church organ in Sint Servaas!
The Mastreechter Staar is looking for male singers to join their ranks! Here you can see a photograph of the group recording via a gramophone in 1951 – how cool is that?!
What is your favourite piece of public or street art in Maastricht? Let us know!
Here you can see a new artistic addition to the city – ‘Poems from Descriptive Noise’ by Berkay Tuncay on one of the walls of the Jan van Eyck Academie building.
You might have seen all the preparation for André Rieu on the Vrijthof over the last couple of weeks, but did you know music runs in the family? 🎼🎻🎹
This is a photograph showing André Rieu Sr conducting a concert at the Stadhuis (town hall), from a 1964 yearbook!
Get outside and mooving with Meet Maastricht this Summer! 🐮🌞
✨Tour Spotlight: Valleys & Villages Bicycle Tour✨
Make the most of Summer in Maastricht by experiencing the beautiful scenery on our doorstep! This tour will take you through some of our favourite local villages and their surrounds.
Have you spotted these little plaques around the city? 🧐@kijkeensnaarboven.nl has placed a little plaque next to one of the city’s beautiful gable stones with a QR code that will take you to everything you need to know about it!
✨Tour Spotlight: Route de Regout Bicycle Tour✨
There are signs of Regout all around Maastricht including the mansions he had built for himself and his children! Get out of the city and see some of the beautiful architecture and countryside in this bike tour 🤩🚴♀️🚴
To follow our Peter’s Village and Mountain Bicycle Tour spotlight, some snaps from the Sint Pietersberg – look at that view ✨😍
Have you ventured up the mountain or followed any of the walking trails? Let us know!
✨5 Minute Maastricht – Helpoort✨
Our final 5 Minute Maastricht (for now), today we’re sharing a previously unaired episode on the Helpoort (or Hell Gate)! You may have walked under it or even taken your wedding photos beneath it – please share your favourite Helpoort snaps with us below! 📷✨