's-Hertogenbosch to Maastricht — Pilgrim's Way part 2

The first stage of the second part of the Pilgrimspad starts in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. From the central station you can walk into the historic city center of Den Bosch in a few minutes. Along the way, you will come across the statue of the city's namesake Jheronimus Bosch, just before arriving at the Cathedral… read more

The second stage of part two of the Pilgrimspad starts in Haaren. From there you walk in just over 20 kilometers to Middelbeers, via a beautiful route through nature. A few hundred meters after the start you pass Castle Nemerlaer, a beautiful estate in the woods near Haaren. The straight avenues give… read more

The third stage of the Pilgrimspad starts in Middelbeers. You pass the Roman Catholic Sint-Willibrorduskerk and you set course towards the Landschotse Heide. You will soon see the viewing platform at the beginning of the heath and at the edge of the fens. During persistent drought, the pools sometimes… read more

The fourth stage of the Pilgrimspad is a tough one, with more than 25 kilometers clean on the hook. You start in the small village of Steensel, although you quickly leave the buildings behind and walk towards the forest. In this forest there are mainly conifers, although oaks are also abundant here.



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Did you think the previous stage was a big one, that is at least the same for the fifth stage of the Pilgrimspad. From the starting point at Heeze station to the end point in Maarheeze it is approximately 26 kilometers to walk. If you want to get on the train in Maarheeze, add another 2 kilometers to… read more

Officially, the sixth stage of the Pilgrimspad starts just outside Maarheeze, in the hamlet of Hugten. When you arrive at Maarheeze train station, you are only a mile from the starting point.



You cross the Hugterheide and soon see the watchtower. Next to it is the Grenskerk. At the end of the Eighty Years… read more

Stage number seven of the Pilgrimspad starts at the edge of Weert. If you start at Weert station, you add a few more kilometers to the length of 17 kilometers that this stage measures.



The first checkpoint you walk past is the recreation area De IJzeren Man. The area owes this special name to the steam… read more

Ready for a walk of more than 23 kilometers? You start the eighth stage of the Pilgrimspad in the Limburg village of Ell, which you will soon leave behind. You walk on unpaved paths in the direction of Hunsel, of which you can already see the church tower peeping above the trees a bit earlier. On the… read more

From the starting point in Roosteren, the ninth stage of the Pelgrimspad follows the course of the Maas towards the south. This means you immediately follow the Belgian-Dutch border, although you will remain in the Netherlands for the entire walk today and do not cross that border.



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The tenth stage of the Pilgrim's Path lives up to its name; there are plenty of religious points along the route. This already begins with the Basilica of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on the Oude Markt in the center of Sittard, which was the first church in the Netherlands to be elevated to a basilica… read more

The eleventh stage of the Pilgrimspad takes you from Nuth to Gulpen, which means that you are in the middle of the Limburg hills. In addition to the 23 kilometers that this route is long, you also make quite a few vertical meters.



Between Nuth and Voerendaal you will come across two chapels, the Isidorus… read more

It may feel a bit unnatural. The first eleven legs of the Pilgrim's Trail ran almost due south. This twelfth stage turns in a northerly direction: from Gulpen to Schin op Geul. Don't get confused, it really makes sense.



From Gulpen you follow the route towards Kasteel Wijlre. The castle is located on… read more

Despite the fact that this collection has fifteen stages, the thirteenth stage is actually the last of the Pilgrim's Path. This concludes the long-distance walk in beautiful Maastricht. If you want to go a bit further or connect to the roads to Santiago de Compostela, you also walk stages 14 and 15.



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Stage number 14 does not connect directly to the thirteenth stage of the Pilgrimspad. The start is not in Maastricht - the end point of the Pilgrimspad - but starts in Cadier en Keer. You got through that during the previous stage, just before you set course for Maastricht. With stages 14 and 15 you… read more

The fifteenth stage is the last stage on which the Dutch Pilgrim Path in Belgium connects to the roads towards Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.



From Mesch, which is just in the Netherlands, you leave in a southerly direction. After a few hundred meters you cross the border with Belgium. Borcht… read more