War & Remembrance Route

From the shelter caves of Maastricht to the white crosses of Margraten — the region's WWII story, told at walking pace.

South Limburg was the first piece of the Netherlands to be liberated, and it remembers. Begin in Maastricht's North Caves, where thousands sheltered and the Night Watch hid in the dark; then drive the Via Belgica east to the American cemetery at Margraten, where 8,000 white crosses and stars face home across the Atlantic. The Netherlands' most moving hour. Finish quietly: the borderland around Eijsden, where the liberation began.