The bustling city of Maastricht is filled with coffee bars, vintage shops and lunch spots. The hip city has the hippest hotspots, the oldest grain mill of the country and the most beautiful hotels to offer its visitors. These are the 30 hotspots that should be on your wishlist during your trip to the most southern tip of the Netherlands!
Food and drinks
- Café Zondag
Voldersgracht 7 - Marres Kitchen
Capucijnenstraat 98 - Kafethéa
Mariastraat 6
Coffee bar Kafethéa serves vegan pancakes and cakes in a trendy interior. The name of the bar in flowers on the wall, a bar of books and a cozy seating area makes this a great place for a lunch stop.
- Restaurant 55
Heggenstraat 3A - Furniture & Cafe
Sint Jacobstraat 4B
Furniture & Cafe has retro bikes on the wall and trendy furniture for sale, but good coffee as well. Make sure you stop by here, when you walk through the old city center.
- Cinq
Cörversplein 5 - Sjiek Kookpunt
Hoogbrugstraat 15 - Koffie bij Joost en Maartje
Maastrichter Heidenstraat 8
Joost makes the furniture, Maartje bakes the cakes and together they serve the best coffee in Maastricht. There are workplaces to sit down with a laptop, but for a lunch in the sun you should on the terrace in the back.
- Café In de Karkol
Stokstraat 5 - Micky Brown’s
Hoenderstraat 32-34 - De Brandweer Kantine
Capucijnenstraat 21 - De Bisschopsmolen
Stenenbrug 3
Spelt grain may be super popular nowadays, but even in the old days this super grain was already eaten. In Maastricht to be exact! The Bisschopsmolen is the oldest spelt mill in the country. The most delicious sandwiches and pastries are made from the grain and can be eaten as lunch or breakfast in in the eatery next door. Is it full? Then buy your vlaai (Limburg pie) and spelt bread in the bakery shop itself and picnic on the Maas.
- Witloof
Sint Bernardusstraat 12 - Burgerlijk
Rechtstraat 37
Shopping
- Traders Pop
Heggenstraat 16 - Retro & Chic
Heggenstraat 1 - Le Marais Deux en Koffie
Maastrichter Heidenstraat 6
The ‘koffie’ (coffee) part of the name refers to Koffie bij Joost en Maartje that shares the same building as concept store Le Marais Deux. The store sells retro bikes, vintage clothing, furniture, art and so much more. Make sure you have some time to wander around.
- Giensch
Voorstraat 31 - De VerwonderinG
Hoogbrugstraat 21 - Festen
Minckelersstraat 1A - Boekhandel Dominicanen
Dominicanerkerkstraat 1
An impressive collection of books in a 700-year-old church? This is your spot! Once a religious building, later bicycle parking and now a bookstore with a magical atmosphere. We understand why Dominicanen is called the most beautiful bookstore in the world!
- Conflict
Minckelersstraat 14 - We-Ar Vintage & Design
Achter Het Vleeshuis 33 & Rechtstraat 52
Sleaping
- The Townhouse
Sint Maartenslaan 5 | link
With a top location in the cozy Wyck – and thus strategically located between the station and the old center – this hotel is highly recommended. The beautiful interior is a mix of modern and vintage items. This is the perfect base to explore the city!
- The Student Hotel
Sphinxcour 9A | link - Kaboom Hotel
Stationsplein 1 | link - Trash Deluxe
Boschstraat 55 | link - Kruisherenhotel
Kruisherengang 19-23 | link
Do you also want to absorb some of the historic atmosphere of Maastricht at your hotel? The Kruisherenhotel is located in an old monastery. The foyer can be found in the huge cloister hall, but you can also spot the old character of the building in some of the hotel rooms in the beams in the ceiling.
